Padma bridge to be inaugurated by Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina. Particulars right here | World News

The Padma bridge throughout the river of the identical title in Bangladesh might be inaugurated by Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina right this moment. In response to experiences by native information outlet The Each day Star, '1000's have began becoming a member of a mammoth rally since early morning...' and the gathering wears a 'festive look... with vibrant banners... singing songs and dancing'.

An announcement by prime minister Hasina's workplace stated she's going to arrive on the Mawa finish of the Padma bridge - travelling from the previous airport at Tejgaon - at 10 am. Round 3,000 eminent folks have been invited to the inauguration, the Each day Star report stated.

India has supplied its congratulations to Bangladesh on the completion of the Padma bridge, which spans one of many Ganga's tributaries, calling it a ground-breaking challenge.

Listed here are some particulars concerning the Padma bridge:

> The bridge will join 19 districts Bangladesh's southwestern area with capital Dhaka and different components of the nation.

> The bridge can even cut back journey time between Dhaka and Kolkata in India by nearly half. A report by information company PTI stated rail journey time might be reduce sharply due to a tracks being constructed on the decrease degree of the Padma bridge.

> The 6.15-km-long, road-rail, four-lane bridge constructed over the Padma river has been absolutely funded by the Bangladeshi authorities and has been constructed at a value of Taka 30,193.6 crore (USD 3.6 billion).

> The bridge was absolutely funded by the federal government after the World Financial institution refused to supply loans, citing corruption, on alleged instigation of Mohammad Younus, a Nobel laureate economist having pro-opposition leanings and robust critic of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

> The bridge was constructed by the Railway Main Bridge Engineering Group (RMBEG) of China and, in a bid to affect folks, the Chinese language authorities claimed the Padma bridge as a part of its Belt and Highway Initiative (BRI), information company ANI stated. Nonetheless, Bangladesh's international ministry hit again Friday, denying hyperlinks to the BRI and stressing no international funds had been used.