‘Padma Bridge to be opened in 2021’

Staff Correspondent: Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said that Padma Bridge will be opened for vehicle movement in 2021.

The minister said this while talking to journalists at an agreement signing ceremony at the Secretariat on Thursday.

The construction work of the Padma Bridge will be completed within 2020, and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate it in June 2021.   About 83 percent of the bridge’s main work is complete, he said.

Finance Division and Bangladesh Bridge Authority signed an agreement on the payment of the loan of the Padma Multipurpose Bridge at the Secretariat in presence of the minister.

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