The government has named the multipurpose bridge constructed connecting Shariatpur and Munshiganj districts on the Padma river as Padma Bridge.

The Road Transport and Bridges Ministry on Sunday issued a gazette notification in this regard following the direction of President Abdul Hamid.

“The under-construction bridge over the Padma River under ‘Padma Multipurpose Bridge Construction Project’ implemented by Bangladesh Bridge Authority under the Bridge Department of the ministry connecting Mawa point of Munshiganj and Jajira point of Shariatpur has been named the Padma Bridge,” said the notice.

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The order issued in the public interest will be implemented immediately, it said.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate Padma Bridge on June 25 this year.

According to the progress report of the project received last April, work on the bridge was 92% complete. At the time, the work of river management was 90.50% done. In addition, the carpeting work of the main bridge was 66% complete.