Hardinge Bridge
I read the Ameer Hamzah’s letter under caption ‘Hardinge Bridge: A wonderful engineering work’ published in your paper on last Thursday. In this regard, I would like to say that the bridge was not constructed on a dry river as we see it today most of the time of the year, but on the turbulent river of Padma.
We could hear from half a mile away the sounds of the river’s strong current when it dashed against the trestle of the bridge, enjoyed the scenery of catching the Hilsha (river shad) fish in torrents by the fishermen, whistle of fast running trains passing through the bridge, hum of gentle breeze blowing from the south, saw large sailing boats, green landscape on the both sides of the Paksey Railway Station, and luminous Paksey Railway town.
But now if any one visits Paksey and the bridge, he/she will be taken by surprise studying a sad story for which none was prepared. A friend of me said, “Can the past be restored?” I said, “Yes. It depends on Indian cooperation with us?”
Abdullah Akber
Dhaka
