While inaugurating the country's first ever six-lane bridge on the River Madhumati at Kalna in Narail district and the third Shitalakhya Bridge in Narayanganj district through a videoconference from her office in the capital Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said her government is working tirelessly for overall development of the communication system. The premier said her government has attached priorities on developing the communication system, generating employment and expansion of trade and commerce to ensure the overall progress of Bangladesh.
The incumbent government has been working relentlessly for the development of the country’s road and transport infrastructures. A good number of projects have been going on in full swing to take our transport sector to the level of first world countries. One can look around and observe round the clock work going on at various sites to improve the country’s communication and transportation system. Apart from bridges, roads and highways, a number of flyovers, metro rail and elevated expressway are also being constructed both in capital Dhaka and other metropolitan cities to ease the traffic system.
We appreciate the government’s
enthusiasm towards prioritising
the country’s road and
transportation sector in its
development agenda
Addressing road connectivity as the most important factor for rapid and holistic development of a country, the Road Transport and Highways Division (RTHD) has taken various initiatives to upgrade all the important highways to four-lane.
Also, massive project is going on to connect three important hill districts — Rangamati, Khagrachhari and Bandarban. To develop the country’s tourism, the government has also planned to construct roads between Bandarban and Cox’s Bazar.
The government has taken up various initiatives to connect Bangladesh with the regional and international road network. As part of these initiatives, passenger and freight services are extended to different international routes. The country will be connected to the Trans-Asian Railway and the Asian Highway Network.
We appreciate the government’s enthusiasm towards prioritising the country’s road and transportation sector in its development agenda. No doubt timely implementation of all these projects will have the desired effect on the economy of the country and in order to do that concerted efforts on the part of all the stakeholders is a must. Also, the government must try to curb corruption and ensure proper monitoring to attain successful completion of all development projects.
