The construction work of the Padma Bridge, Bangladesh’s longest, which will reduce the travel time between Dhaka and Kolkata, is almost complete and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate it on June 25, a senior official has said. The upper level of the two-tier bridge over the Padma river will initially be opened for road transport, the press minister of the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi Shaban Mahmood told a group of visiting Indian journalists here.
The railway line, under construction on the lower level, will reduce the distance from Dhaka (Bangladesh) to Kolkata (India) by almost half.