Sylhet Correspondent:
Construction work of the four-lane reinforced concrete (RCC) Kazirbazar Bridge over Surma River in the city is waiting for its inauguration after the next month.
The four-lane bridge with 391 metres length and 18.4 metres width was inaugurated by late Finance Minister M Saifur Rahman on February 5, 2006, with the planned length of 366 metres and width 19 metres and it was supposed to be completed by June, 2007 at a cost of Tk 36 crore.
Nearly 18 per cent of the work was done in eight months before the BNP-led government’s tenure ended on October 27, 2006. No major headway was made during the seven years of the military-backed caretaker and immediate past Awami League-led governments, local people and official records said.
A Roads and Highways Department official said, “The construction work remained totally suspended for four years between 2007 and 2011 due to the unavailability of funds. In its five-year tenure since January 25, 2009, what the AL-led government did was re-fixing the bridge’s length at 391 metres and width at 18.4 metres.”
Construction work of the four-lane reinforced concrete (RCC) Kazirbazar Bridge over Surma River in the city is waiting for its inauguration after the next month.
The four-lane bridge with 391 metres length and 18.4 metres width was inaugurated by late Finance Minister M Saifur Rahman on February 5, 2006, with the planned length of 366 metres and width 19 metres and it was supposed to be completed by June, 2007 at a cost of Tk 36 crore.
Nearly 18 per cent of the work was done in eight months before the BNP-led government’s tenure ended on October 27, 2006. No major headway was made during the seven years of the military-backed caretaker and immediate past Awami League-led governments, local people and official records said.
A Roads and Highways Department official said, “The construction work remained totally suspended for four years between 2007 and 2011 due to the unavailability of funds. In its five-year tenure since January 25, 2009, what the AL-led government did was re-fixing the bridge’s length at 391 metres and width at 18.4 metres.”
