Prime minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the river training work of Padma Multipurpose Bridge project at Jajira point in Shariatpur district at 11:30am on Saturday.
Later, at 1:00pm she inaugurated the main construction work of the 6.15-km bridge near pillar number seven of the bridge at Mawa.PM to inaugurate main construction work on Padma Bridge today
The government is building the Padma Bridge, the countrys largest infrastructure, with its own fund of Tk 28,000 crore.
On completion of the project, nearly six crore people of 19 southern districts will be connected with the rest of the country, including the capital Dhaka.
The work on the Padma Bridge is broadly divided into five parts -- the main bridge, river training, two link roads and infrastructure (service area) construction.