PM inaugurates Mohananda Bridge

Chapainawabganj Correspondent:  Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated the much-awaited second Mohananda Bridge on the river Mohananda in Chapainawabganj.

The premier inaugurated the Sheikh Hasina Bridge around 1.00pm on Saturday. Earlier she landed on the newly-constructed Chapainawabganj Stadium by an Air Force helicopter.

Tk. 49 crore and 76 lakh was spent to construct the 547-metre long Mohananda Bridge

The Prime Minister opened the bridge by unveiling its plaque. A munajat was offered on the occasion.

Later, Sheikh Hasina visited the bridge after getting down from her jeep.

The PM will go to Saheber Ghat, some three-kilometres off the town, to inaugurate the 2nd Mohananda Bridge over the Mohananda river, after taking rest for some time at Circuit House.

The Prime Minister will go to the Nawabganj Government College ground after lunch and prayer break from where she will open and lay the foundation stone of eight development programmes.

Besides, the Prime Minister will address a public meeting at the Nawabganj Government College ground in the district town in the afternoon.

Sheikh Hasina will first inaugurate the newly-constructed Youth Training Centre at Shibtala in Chapainawabganj town, newly-constructed academic building of Birshreshtha Shaheed Captain Mohiuddin Jahangir College at Swarupnagar, Chapainawabganj Eye Hospital, sub-station of Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA) in Chapainawabganj town and Gomostapur Upazila Fire Station.

She will also lay the foundation stone of a new building of Chapainawabganj Sadar Hospital for upgrading it from a 100-bed to 250-bed hospital, the development work of Kansat-Rahanpur-Bholahat Road, a project for protecting Alatuli area of the district from the erosion of the Padma river and the Chapainawabganj 100-megawatt power plant project.

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