Hasina visits Padma Bridge

STAFF CORRESPONDENT

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday visited the under-construction Padma Bridge to see the progress of the work.

The long-cherished project, financed entirely from the nation’s own resources, is finally nearing completion to connect the capital to the southern and western parts of the country.

Accompanied by her sister Sheikh Rehana, the PM reached the construction site around 7:20am on a sudden visit. They had tea at a cottage designated to the PM at the Mawa end of the bridge.

The two sisters got off a car on the bridge at the Mawa end. They took a stroll soaking in the beauty of the mighty Padma on the foggy winter morning.

They walked a distance of about two kilometres (from pier no-7 to 18), a project official said wishing not to be named.

The siblings crossed the remainder of the 6.15km bridge on car and had their breakfast at another cottage at the Janjira end before returning to the capital using the bridge around 10:00am, the official added.

Cabinet Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam and Munshiganj Deputy Commissioner Kazi Nahid Rasul accompanied them.