Nine bridges in six dists inaugurated
The Financial Express
August 21, 2015
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina said on Thursday her government was actively considering construction of a tunnel under the Brahmaputra river to link Balashighat in Gaibandha district with Bahadurabadghat of Jamalpur district, according to our correspondent from Gaibandha.
“Feasibility study has already begun and it is going on in full swing to construct the tunnel under the river aiming to improve the communication system and reduce the pressure of traffic on the Bangabandhu Bridge over the Jamuna”, she said.
She was speaking through video conferencing from the Ganabhaban marking inauguration of the Baradaha Bridge over the Karotoa river on the Gaibandha-Nakaihat Gobindaganj Road under Gobindaganj upazila.
Sheikh Hasina said the then Awami League government started the construction work on the bridge in 1997 aiming to mitigate sufferings of the people.
But later the development work was stopped during the tenure of the last BNP government ignoring the interest of the people, she alleged.
After assuming office for the second time in 2009 her government took an initiative to finish the incomplete work under the project, she said. Due to pragmatic measures taken by her government the seasonal joblessness locally called ‘monga’ and poverty had already disappeared from the district, she said. The ‘monga’, she added, would not visit the district any further, if the Awami League-led government remains in power in future.
Whip of the Jatiya Sangsad and local lawmaker Mahabub Ara Begum Gini and Principal Abul Kalam Azad, elected MP from Gaibandha-4 constituency (Gobindaganj upazila) also took part in the discussion through the video conference.
