Road collapses into Kumar river

Some 150 metres of a 2.5km concrete road went into the Kumar river in Kazi Kandi area of Nagarkanda upazila due to unplanned excavation of the river.

Thousands of people, especially students, in the area are suffering due to the road collapse.

Locals said the road collapsed on October 23 when Bengal Group started excavating the river in the area under a project of Faridpur Water Development Board (WDB), said Nur Hossain Bhuiyan, executive engineer of Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) in the district, adding that the work of excavation remained stopped since then.

A portion of the road went into the river due to unplanned excavation of the river by WDB, he said.

Tanvir Hossain, a worker of Bengal Group, said 850 horse power excavator was being used to excavate the river.

The worker suspected that as the sand was washed away from under the road due to excavation, it collapsed.

Israt Fakir, a residence of Kazi Kandi area, said they are facing huge problems after the road collapsed.

Faridpur WDB Executive Engineer Sultan Mahmud said this road collapsed due to excavation of the river. They will dump geo bags to protect the road.