Bridge on Kacha River in Pirojpur: Wait gets stretched to a year and half
An under-construction pier of the Eighth Bangladesh-China Friendship Bridge, which was previously set to be open this month, over the Kacha river in Pirojpur. According to a newly set deadline, the Tk 822-crore bridge might get completed by June next year. The photo was taken recently. Photo: Habibur Rahman Our Correspondent, Pirojpur Our Correspondent, Pirojpur
Thanks to slow progress in construction work, people of Pirojpur will not see their much-awaited bridge on the Kacha river inaugurated this month.
The Eighth Bangladesh-China Friendship Bridge, 998 metres in length, was scheduled to be opened this month. With the lion s share of its funding provided by China, its work started in October 2017.