3 bridges without link roads for yrs
People of Joshar union in Narsingdi's Shibpur upazila cannot use any of the three bridges since completion of its construction over a decade ago, due to lack of approach roads connecting them.
Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) built those concrete bridges on farmlands during the tenure of the last BNP-led government.
LGED constructed the bridges at a cost of Tk 29.65 lakh, but surprisingly no connecting roads were built to make the bridges usable.
LGED office sources said construction work of a bridge at Jankhartek close to Dhaka-Sylhet highway completed in 2004-05 fiscal year but locals cannot use it due to the lack of a connecting road.
Two other concrete bridges at Khoinkut near Srishtighar-Kutibazar road in the union built at a total cost of Tk 18.68 lakh have also remained unused since its construction was completed in 2005-06 fiscal year.
Ibrahim Mia, a resident of Jankhartek village, said the BNP-led government constructed the three bridges at a single union only for political reasons and win over local voters.
Local people said due to absence of approach roads they are not getting benefit at all from any of those bridges as it remains totally unusable.
“After filling earth on either side of the bridges, we will start construction of the approach roads soon,” said Fazle Habib, executive engineer of LGED in Narsingdi.
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