Ibrahim Ali, 45, the headmaster of Shalmara Ghonapara government primary school, has set a unique example by constructing a 50-foot-long floating bridge on the Sati River with drums and bamboo at Chandrapur union in Kaliganj upazila of Lalmonirhat. Thanks to Ibrahim Ali’s initiative, around 15,000 villagers, including students, are now able to cross the river using the bridge. “When no one stepped up to repair the concrete bridge over the river after it collapsed, I decided to build a floating bamboo bridge myself with the help of two or four local people to alleviate the sufferings of people including my students. We used 20 drums and more than hundred bamboos,” said headmaster Ibrahim Ali. Read: Floods damage 1600 km roads, bridges in Sylhet: Govt estimate “The bridge cost about Tk one lakh. The concrete bridge on the Sati River has remained collapsed for a year, causing sufferings of the villagers on both sides of the river,” said an employee of Naodabas Dakhil Madrasa Md Ruhul Amin.