Padma bridge: Minister hopeful of starting Mawa-Bhanga rail services
Railways Minister Nurul Islam
Sujan today said they are hopeful about starting railway service on Mawa-Bhanga
section when the Padma bridge will open to public likely in June next year.
The minister said this while
visiting the project site at Mawa today.
He was visiting the site as the
railway viaduct at Mawa end was connected with the main Padma bridge on May 3.
The Mawa-Bhanga section
witnessed 66 percent progress till April while the overall project witnessed
41.5 percent progress.
Bangladesh Railway is
constructing 169km railway from Dhaka to Jashore via the under-construction
Padma bridge.