Villagers cheered when their long-cherished bridge at Sitaijhar in Sadar upazila of the district was built over three years ago. But their joys soon proved short-lived. The bridge, built at a cost of over Tk.31 lakh, was abandoned shortly after its construction for lack of approach roads on both sides, villagers complained. Read: Thakurgaon people wait for bridge for years amid mounting sufferings Hundreds of people in the three unions of Sadar upazila have expressed their dissatisfaction as there is no one to pay any heed to their problems. Local administration constructed the bridge with the financial assistance of the Relief and Rehabilitation Centre over three years back. Soon after the bridge came, floods washed away the approach roads on both sides of it. During a recent visit to the bridge, this UNB Correspondent learned that the 18-feet long bridge was constructed in FY 2018-19 to ease road communication for the people three unions—Mogolbasha, Panchgacchi and Begumganj unions—in Sadar upazila. But before the bridge could be opened to public use after construction in 2018 it became useless.

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