Bamboo bridge poses risk

Local people, especially school going children of Chawk Lokman area in Shajahanpur upazila of the district have to cross a bamboo-made temporary bridge over a canal in the area at huge risk.

Many students of different educational institutions, elderly people, patients, and visitors of nearby Chawk Lokman mass graveyard are using the risky bridge for the last couple of days.

Locals said on September 26 the culvert over the 30 feet deep canal collapsed due to heavy current of water caused by the recent rainfall.

Considering the suffering of the commuters, local people built a bamboo made bridge over the canal at their own initiative to ease their sufferings, especially the school kids.  

Besides, around 400 students of Bogra Technical and Business Management College cross the broken culvert  as it separates the administrative and academic buildings of the college.

College authorities said they have already informed the Zila Parishad of the matter and appealed to them to erect a concrete culvert over the canal, said AKM Wahedul Islam, principal of the institution.

Shahjahanpur Upazila Chairman Sarkar Badal said he heard about the incident on Saturday and would send an engineer to visit the spot within a day or two to take necessary steps in this regard.