A shop in the middle of a bridge!
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- 26 Apr 2022
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In Mouvibazar's South Gangul village, a bridge remains unused by residents for almost two decades, because one family objected to building the connecting path on its land.
Well, not completely unused.
One of the family members has been running a shop in the middle of that very bridge for 10 years. They even built a bamboo ramp where authorities were supposed to connect the bridge to the road, for people to go up to the shop.
In doing so, they have violated government rules, and about 300 families have been deprived of a helpful initiative.
According to Local Government Engineering Department (LGED), about 18 years ago, the then government took on various development projects by declaring the village of Barlekha upazila an ideal village.
LGED built the bridge, spending Tk 5 lakh. After construction was completed, however, the bridge could not be used by locals, as brothers Gafur Ali and Haru Mia objected to filling the soil at the bridge's junction, according to former UP member Iqbal Hossain.
Arman Aman, a resident of the village, said the bridge has not been of any use for almost 18 years, as authorities could not fill the soil on both sides.
Another resident Safiq Ahmed said the path there is usually submerged for six to seven months in a year. Then people and students are forced to walk a long distance to cross the area. This bridge was meant to solve this problem.
Weirdly enough, Zainul Islam, Gafur's nephew, has been doing business on the bridge for a decade, said resident Saidul Islam.
They urged authorities concerned to take steps to evict the occupants and make the bridge suitable for movement. Read More...
