Rangpur Correspondent :
The people of eight villages under Taraganj Upazila in the district are suffering much owing to absence of a concrete bridge over the river Kharuvaj at Khorarghat area in the upazila.
Around 14,000 people of the villages including Maminpur, Shantipara, Barogharia and Janpur village are being compelled to cross a bamboo-made bridge over the river to come to the upazila headquarter amid serious risk, sources said.
Business and public health services are seriously being hampered in the areas as the people living on both sides of the river cannot travel easily between the upazila headquarter due to lack of a bridge over the river.
The school going children face great difficulties in reaching their institutions through the bamboo bridge. Most of them do not go to school in the rainy season for fear of accidents on the bridge, locals alleged.Farmers of the areas are the worst sufferers as they are facing setback to carry their products to different areas.
The bridge becomes risky in the monsoon. The bamboos get slippery and we cannot cross it easily. Sometimes the bamboos get damaged, yet we have to cross the bridge every day”, said Rahi Mia, a resident of Maminpur area. At the time of election campaigns the local political leaders make repeated pledges to build a bridge over the river but they become oblivious about it once elected public representative, locals alleged.
Hariakhuti UP Chairman Harun-ar- Rashid said a permanent bridge is much needed in the area to change the socio-economic condition of thousands of people at eight villages in the upazila.
They have already informed local MP of the matter. He is expected to take necessary steps to erect a permanent bridge over the river as soon as possible, he added.
The people of eight villages under Taraganj Upazila in the district are suffering much owing to absence of a concrete bridge over the river Kharuvaj at Khorarghat area in the upazila.
Around 14,000 people of the villages including Maminpur, Shantipara, Barogharia and Janpur village are being compelled to cross a bamboo-made bridge over the river to come to the upazila headquarter amid serious risk, sources said.
Business and public health services are seriously being hampered in the areas as the people living on both sides of the river cannot travel easily between the upazila headquarter due to lack of a bridge over the river.
The school going children face great difficulties in reaching their institutions through the bamboo bridge. Most of them do not go to school in the rainy season for fear of accidents on the bridge, locals alleged.Farmers of the areas are the worst sufferers as they are facing setback to carry their products to different areas.
The bridge becomes risky in the monsoon. The bamboos get slippery and we cannot cross it easily. Sometimes the bamboos get damaged, yet we have to cross the bridge every day”, said Rahi Mia, a resident of Maminpur area. At the time of election campaigns the local political leaders make repeated pledges to build a bridge over the river but they become oblivious about it once elected public representative, locals alleged.
Hariakhuti UP Chairman Harun-ar- Rashid said a permanent bridge is much needed in the area to change the socio-economic condition of thousands of people at eight villages in the upazila.
They have already informed local MP of the matter. He is expected to take necessary steps to erect a permanent bridge over the river as soon as possible, he added.
