Prime
Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the 4-lane roads in Rangpur in June
after completion of the construction works, Minister for Road Transport and
Bridges Obaidul Quader said in Rangpur on Thursday.
The
Minister said this while talking to the local media workers before visiting the
constriction works of the 4-lane roads from Medical Mour to Darshona Mour
points on the Rangpur-Dhaka National Highway in the city this noon.
Earlier,
after arriving here from Syedpur Airport, Obaidul Quader formally inaugurated
development works of a Black Spot at the road accident-prone Rangpur Medical
Turning point on the National Highway-5 here in the city.
The
Minister said that construction works of the expansion project of the 16.24 km
long 4-lane roads in Rangpur city at Taka 126.58 crore will be completed by the
Roads and Highways Department (RHD) within this month of May.
“After
completion of the construction works, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will come to
Rangpur and inaugurate the 4-lane roads sometime in June to fulfill her pledge
and realise the hopes and aspirations of the local people,” he said.
The
RHD has been implementing the expansion project of the roads in Rangpur city to
4-lane for under a master plan for easing communication and transport
facilities in the process of building a traffic-jam free city.
Acting
President of district Awami League (AL) Mamtaz Uddin Ahmed, its General
Secretary Advocate Rezaul Karim Raju, city AL president Shafiar Rahman Shafi,
its General Secretary Tushar Kanti Mandal, district Chhatra League President
Mehedi Hassan Ronny, leaders and activist of AL and its front organisations
were present.
Additional
Chief Engineer of Rangpur RHD Zone AQM Ekramullah, Superintending Engineer for
Rangpur Circle Abdur Razzaque and Executive Engineer for Rangpur Division
Abdullah Al Mamun, Police Super Abdur Razzaque and high officials accompanied
the minister while visiting the 4-lane rods in the city. (Source: BSS)
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