A festive mood prevailed among the people of Mawa in Munshiganj district and Jajira in Shariatpur district over the opening ceremony of the Padma Multipurpose Bridge on Saturday.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to open the Padma Bridge, turning the nation’s dream into a reality.
Thousands of people have started to throng into the bridge area centering the inaugural ceremony from Saturday morning.
A number of colourful boats were seen moving on the river to celebrate the country’s biggest dream.
Banners and festoons were seen on both sides of the road connecting the bridge.
Special security measures have been taken in and around the bridge area to ensure full proof security.
The bridge has connected directly the country’s 21 south and south-western with the capital, which is expected to accelerate the GDP growth by 1.23 per cent and make an outstanding contribution to socio-economic development by alleviating poverty at the rate of 0.84 per cent per annum, according to official estimates.
On July 09, 2012, PM Hasina at a cabinet meeting announced that Bangladesh would construct the Padma Bridge with its own funds after the World Bank withdrew from the project on allegation of unproved corruption conspiracy.
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Later, the graft allegation was rejected by a Canadian Court as false and baseless after the World Bank filed a case in this regard.
Since the start on December 12, 2015 the work on bridge continued unstopped despite the Covid-19 pandemic situation and Holey Artisan tragedy.
