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The construction cost of the Padma bridge is Tk. 30,193.39 crore. It was estimated that by 2022, the bridge would carry 21,300 vehicles per day in 23 districts of Bangladesh, which would increase to 41,600 by 2025.
The 6.51-kilometer (4.04-mile) bridge spanning the Padma River cost an estimated $3.6 billion and was paid for with domestic funds after the World Bank and other global lending agencies declined ...
Dhaka Subway is an underground urban rail network being planned in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, by the Bangladesh Bridge Authority. It will have 11 lines with a total length of 258 kilometres (160 mi). The first subway expected to be built is a route 28.71 kilometres (17.84 mi) long between Tongi and Jhilmil at a cost of $8 billion.
The Padma Bridge is Bangladesh's largest bridge and costed an estimated US$3 billion to complete. It was inaugurated on 25 June 2022. [ 10 ] It was supposed to be open to the public in 2013 but the project's future became uncertain when in June 2012 the World Bank cancelled its $1.2 billion loan over allegations of corruption. [ 11 ]
The Padma Bridge graft scandal was a political scandal in Bangladesh during 2016 and 2017, involving allegations of bribery linked to the construction of the Padma Bridge, the country's longest road-rail bridge spanning 6.15-kilometer (3.82 mi) across the Padma River.
or 1st Buriganga Bridge: Postogola, Dhaka: 1989: Crosses Buriganga River: Babu Bazar Buriganga Bridge: Babu Bazar, Dhaka: 2001: Crosses Buriganga River: Bangladesh-UK Friendship Bridge or Bhairab Bridge: Bhairab Upazila, Kishoreganj District: 2002: Crosses Meghna River: Bekutia Bridge: Pirojpur District: 2020: Crosses Katcha River: Bhairab ...
The ferry also carries long-distance buses across the Padma. [8] The Government of Bangladesh has invited in November 2011 international tenders for the construction of the 6.1 km long second bridge across the Padma connecting Paturia and Daulatdia on a public-private partnership basis at a cost of 2 billion dollars. [9]
Bridges Division was established in March 2008 under the Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges to oversee the construction of bridges. [1] On 14 October 2013, the Bridges Division signed an agreement with Bangladesh Army for consulting work on Padma Bridge worth 1.3 billion taka. [2]