Padma Bridge: Installation of rail track starts today

Installation of rail tracks on the lower deck of Padma Bridge will start today.

Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan will launch physical work at Zajira end of the bridge.

Afzal Hossain, director of Padma Bridge Rail Link Project, told The Daily Star that he was hoping the installation work would be done by January next year.

However, a Bangladesh Railway (BR) official said train services are not likely to begin even if the tracks on the bridge are set up on time because setting the tracks from Kamalapur to Gendaria was taking more time for different reasons.

BR is implementing a project to build a 169km rail line from Dhaka to Jashore through the Padma Bridge at a cost of around Tk 39,247 crore.

The entire project is scheduled to complete by June 2024. Physical work made an overall progress of 61 percent as of July this year.