Rangamati-Ctg road: Work on Bailey bridge starts

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UNB, Rangamati :
Work on a 50-metre Bailey bridge on Rangamati-Chittagong road at Shalban began on Tuesday to make the road fit for the heavy vehicles.
The Roads and Highways Department is constructing the bridge as a 100-metre portion of the road totally collapsed in the massive landsides on June 13.
The work is scheduled to end by 20-25 days.
On June 21, the Rangamati-Chittagong road was reopened to light vehicles, nearly eight days after it became unfit for vehicular movement due to the landslides.
Meanwhile, a 10-member delegation, led by Additional Secretary to the Disaster Management and Relief Ministry Satyabrata Saha, visited the affected areas of the district on Tuesday to assess the extent of losses and the reasons behind the landslides.
A total of 120 people, including five army men, were killed in Rangamati in the deadliest hillslides.
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