City Desk :
The long-cherished Padma Bridge is set to be inaugurated on June 25 next to, creating employment opportunities for thousands of people living it the country’s southwestern region as establishment of industries will begin there from now on.
“The Padma Bridge will connect the country’s northern and southern regions. Rapid progress will be achieved in the country through the road and railway communication of this bridge. It will contribute a lot to transportation of goods, trade, education and medicine sectors,” Khulna Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) director Mofidul Islam Tutul told BSS. He said the bridge will reduce the regional disparities of two crore people in 21 southwestern districts, reports BSS.
Social development will take place here, while new mills and factories will be set up and employment opportunities will be created, economic growth will increase, and the importance of Mongla and Payra seaports will go up, Tutul said. Road communication system with India will be easier now through Bhomra, Darshana and Benapole land ports, he added.
Observing that the new door of trade and business will open in the region now, the KCCI director said there will be a huge expansion of tourism around Kuakata sea beach, the mangrove forest Sundarbans and Hazrat Khan Jahan Ali (RA) shrine and Sixty Dome Mosque located in Bagerhat.
Shyamal Haldar, president of the Khulna Bazar Traders Association, told BSS that with the inauguration of Padma Bridge, the southwestern region will go one step ahead in development, while communication and trade with the Dhaka and the southwest will be further accelerated.
