Newly inaugurated 100 bridges will quicken country’s development: PM, The commissioning of 100 bridges at once was described as a historic event by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today, who said that it will hasten the country’s overall growth. The largest benefit, according to her, is that the opening of 100 bridges will hasten the pace of the nation’s development. From her official Ganabhaban residence, she essentially opened the 100 bridges in 25 districts at a cost of more than Tk 879 crore. The bridges, according to the premier, will enable law enforcement to act quickly to maintain law and order and ensure public safety.
Newly inaugurated 100 bridges will quicken country’s development: PM
She continued, “It will be quicker and easier to transport and market the commodities, so it will be easier to help people in any emergency.” The prime minister requested everyone while engaging in a discussion with the beneficiaries, to use electricity and gas sparingly and to take steps to increase food production in order to prevent a severe economic impact from the global crisis brought on by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war. The bridges created direct road access to the capital while removing 33 routes from ferry service, resulting in smoother, faster, easier, and safer road connections.
46 of the bridges are located in the Chattogram division, 17 in Sylhet, 14 in Barishal, 7 in Dhaka, 1 in Rajshahi, 6 in Mymensingh, and 3 in the Rangpur division. Obaidul Quader, the minister of roads and bridges, spoke during the event. While A B M Amin Ullah Nuri, the secretary of the Road Transport and Highways Division, presented a brief overview of the bridges, PM’s Principal Secretary Dr. Ahmad Kaikaus chaired the event. On this occasion, a video documentary on the bridges was screened.
According to Sheikh Hasina, her government is improving road connectivity so that the nation can be connected to the Trans-Asian Highway. The prime minister said that after coming to power in 1996, her administration built the Bangabandhu Bridge over the Jamuna River, the Rupsha Bridge in Khulna, the Pakshi Bridge, and the Ashuganj Bridge, ensuring uninterrupted traffic on the route.
She claimed that at the time, her government renovated the airports in Dhaka and Sylhet to international status and that they are currently building an airport in Cox’s Bazar. She said that from 1996 to 2001, 19000 large, midsize, and small bridges and culverts were constructed nationwide.
The premier said that in the previous 14 years, her government had built or rebuilt 21,267 meters of the culvert and 1,13,303 meters of bridge. She continued by saying that they built the eagerly anticipated Padma Bridge on their own dime, which created a plethora of new prospects. The prime minister said that her government had signed a treaty to bring about peace in the Chattogram Hill Tracts and to guarantee a prosperous and lovely life for the locals.
“A huge development is now being carried out in the CHT areas due to the peace treaty,” she said.
“Many people can say many things. But, the people of the country are now getting the benefit of the development done by my government. We have made developments up to the grassroots level,” she said. The prime minister reiterated her call to the countrymen to be economical in using energy alongside making all out efforts to avert any crisis as there is an apprehension that the world may face a food crisis.
“Grow as much food including fisheries and livestock as you can so that the persisting global economic meltdown can’t affect Bangladesh badly,” she said.
She added that because of the Russia-Ukraine war, prices of necessities have already grown significantly over the world, and Bangladesh must deal with the effects of the global economic slowdown. She urged everyone to use mosquito nets when sleeping, maintain their homes and the surroundings around them clean, eliminate standing water, and eradicate Aedes mosquito breeding grounds in order to combat the dengue outbreak. The government would take all necessary steps to control its outbreak, the PM declared.
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