Padma Bridge opens to traffic at year end: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday told the parliament that the long-cherished Padma Bridge will open to traffic at the end of this year, saying the construction progress of the main bridge is 96.50 percent.

“The construction work is progressing fast aimed at opening the Padma Bridge to traffic at the end of 2022,” she said.

She said this while replying to a tabled question from a treasury bench lawmaker from Naogaon-2 Md Shahiduzzaman Sarker during the PM’s question-answer session, reports Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha.

The 16th session of the 11th Jatiya Sangsad resumed this morning with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair.

The prime minister called the construction of the Padma Bridge project as most challenging in country’s history, saying, “The Padma Bridge is going to open in a developing nation like Bangladesh confronting all the hurdles.”

She said that the ongoing construction work of carpeting, viaduct carpeting, waterproof membrane, movement joint of main bridge and viaduct, lamppost, aluminum railing, gas pipeline, 400 KVA electricity and railway line is in progress.