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Three Japanese firms take part in tender for Bangabandhu Rail Bridge

| Updated: November 06, 2019 10:24:41


Three Japanese firms take part in tender for Bangabandhu Rail Bridge

Three Japanese construction companies have taken part in tender process of the Bangabandhu Rail Bridge, to be constructed over the Jamuna River in parallel with the existing Bangabandhu Bridge stretching from Tangail to Sirajganj.

Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan gave the information while talking to the journalists after visiting the proposed site for the bridge on the east part of the Jamuna in Tangail on Tuesday morning, reports BSS.

“The selection process is now going on. The construction work will be given to those who will be first in the tender evaluation process,” the minister said.

The construction work of the bridge will be implemented from both sides – east and west – of the river, the minister said, adding the bridge will be constructed within four years from the starting date of the construction work.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to inaugurate the construction at the east part of the bridge before or after the inauguration of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s the birth centenary celebration programme on March 17, 2020, he said.

Senior officials of Bangladesh Railway were present on the occasion.

 

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