Construction work on Gollamari bridge begins

Construction works on Gollamari Bridge in Khulna city begins on Thursday.

Parliament member of Khulna-2 constituency Sheikh Salahuddin Zwel laid the foundation stone of the construction works of the bridge while mayor of Khulna City Corporation (KCC) Talukder Abdul Khaleque addressed as the chief guest.

Chaired by Khulna divisional commissioner Md Helal Mahmud Sharif, Khulna Metropolitan Police Commissioner (KMP) Md Mozammel Haque addressed the ceremony as special guest.

Additional chief engineer of Khulna zone of Road and Highways (R&H) Sayed Aslam Ali delivered the welcome speech while superintendent engineer of R&H of Khulna circle A K Shamsuddin Ahmed and vice-chairman of National Development Engineers Ltd and also representative of the contractor of the construction works Raihan Mustafiz, among others, spoke on the occasion.

Earlier, the government has taken a decision to build an Arch Bridge in Gollamari area of the Khulna-Chuknagar-Satkhira road under Road division in Khulna during 2022-23 financial years.

Ministry of Roads, Transports and Bridges is implementing the project under the supervision of Khulna R&H zone at a cost of Taka 6,766.34 lakh.