PM to visit Padma bridge site today
Will inaugurate rail link work
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will visit the Padma Bridge construction site today to see for herself the progress of the country's largest infrastructure project and to inaugurate the construction work of its rail link.
“Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inspect the construction sites of the much-awaited Padma Bridge at Mawa in Mushiganj, Janzira in Shariatpur and Shibchar in Madaripur on Sunday to see for herself the progress of the mega project,” Prime Minister's Office sources told BSS.
During the visit, the sources said, the premier will open the construction work of the rail link between Dhaka and Jashore under the “Padma Bridge Rail Link Construction Project”.
Upon her arrival at Mawa at 11 am, the prime minister will first unveil a plaque of the progress of the work of the 6.15-km bridge on the Mawa side.
She will later inspect the progress of the Dhaka-Mawa and Pachchar-Bhanga parts of the N-8 Highway at the Mawa end and inaugurate the construction work of the rail link.
She will then open the permanent river bank protection work adjacent to the main river training work and visit the overall progress work of the bridge at Mawa side.
The prime minister is scheduled to address a “Sudhi Samabesh” at Mawa Golchattar adjacent to Mawa Toll Plaza at 11.15 am.
In the afternoon, the prime minister will visit the Janzira end of the bridge and first unveil the plaque of the progress work of the bridge.
She will later inaugurate the construction work of the rail link (Janzira side).
Hasina, also the Awami League president, will then go to Shibchar and address a rally at Iliyas Ahmed Chowdhury Ferry Ghat at Kathalbari in Shibchar upazila.
According to Railways Ministry sources, the first phase of the “Padma Bridge Rail Link Construction Project” will establish rail link between Mawa and Bhanga via Janzira and Shibchar through the Padma Multipurpose Bridge that will connect Dhaka, Narayanganj, Munshiganj, Shariatpur, Madaripur, Faridpur, Gopalganj, Narail and Jashore.
The Chinese government-nominated contractor China Railway Group Limited is implementing the project under China G2G system.