Each day more than 10,000 people in Brahmanbaria Sadar's North and South Poirtola  use a tottering wooden bridge to move around. For over three years the Poirtola villagers have been using the wooden bridge as a shortcut way to the bypass road. The narrow wooden bridge is held on tree trunk pillars. As a result no vehicle can pass over this rickety bridge, which is adjacent to the South Poirotola cemetery on the Town Khal (canal). People of the area for a long time have been demanding for a paved cement-and concrete bridge. This wooden bridge has been connected to the city bypass road from Hazrat Sheikh Jalal shrine gate. According to the locals, they face heavy traffic if they use the Gokorno road to get to the bypass. So, the villagers are more comfortable using the wooden path than the street. Before the bridge was built the villages used boats to reach the bypass to avoid extra traffic and save time. About three years ago, Al Noor Peyara Jame Mosque authorities built the 100 feet long and 6 feet wide wooden bridge for the devotees to get to the mosque. Now, people from all walks of life including market, school and office goers use this wooden bridge. North Poirtola resident Abu Taher Miah said that the people of the area have to face traffic jams and accidents on Gokorno road. Moreover, the condition of the road is also bad. People are able to move safely through the wooden bridge inside and out of the village. Read: Mymensingh to get a modern bridge over Brahmaputra Poirtola ward 10 Awami League general secretary Shahnawaz Miah said, "If a paved bridge is constructed over the canal, we will benefit a lot." Former Upazila Chairman Sayed Emranur Reza said, if the road is paved and there is a permanent bridge over the canal, there will be no misery. Read The terrible road preventing an area's residents from getting married However, local lawmaker R. A. M. Obaidul Muktadir Chowdhury has promised to build a permanent paved bridge over the canal.

Heavy monsoon rainfall brought relief from the searing summer heat across the country, but immense sufferings for the 10,000 people of Satmera and Amarkhana unions in Panchagarh Sadar Upazila. The wooden bridge over River Chawai, the only means of connection between these two unions during the season, broke down several weeks ago amid a heavy downpour. Now people of the eight adjacent villages have to walk an extra 10 kilometres to run their daily errands. According to locals, amid heavy rains hyacinths and other waste stuck in the iron poles of the bridge caused a blockade and due to strong current of the river the bridge tilted to one side. Locals and thousands of students from Khoi Para, Danga Para, Fakir Para, Sarkar Para, Pakhilaga and other villages are now somehow crossing the river over the risky tilted bridge as it was their only resort. “The bridge was our only means of going to schools and colleges. A proper bridge over the river can save our education,” said Sabina Akter, a student from Pakhilaga village. “Everyday taking 10 kilometres extra for carrying goods is not an easy job. We only got assurances of having it fixed whenever we contacted the local MP’s and LGED engineers in this regard,” said Basirul Alam, from Danga Para village in Satmera union. Also read: A bridge that serves no purpose