The government yesterday floated a tender for river training in the Padma bridge project, the second largest component of the scheme.
The estimated cost of the component is nearly Tk 7,000 crore.
Six companies who had earlier qualified for the work can buy tender documents from September 22. The last date for submitting bids is November 25, Shafiqul Islam, director of the bridge project, told The Daily Star.
On June 26, the government invited tenders for the construction of the main part of the bridge and asked the pre-qualified firms to submit bids by September 9, which was later extended until November 4.
A Bangladesh-Malaysia joint venture company is constructing the approach road at Janjira point in the bridge area under a Tk 1,097 crore agreement.
To check river erosion at the point, a project of Tk 100 crore is being implemented. The government had to take this project in the face of continuous river erosion that threatened the construction site.
A Tk 250 crore tender has recently been floated for building the other approach road and a service area at Mawa point.
The government spent Tk 200 crore on preparing the bridge design and Tk 1,400 crore on rehabilitation and resettlement, which are at the final stage.
The government had planned to start the construction of a 6.15-kilometre rail-road bridge and complete major part of the bridge within its tenure. It could not be possible, however, as the donors cancelled funds over allegations of corruption in the project.
The estimated cost of the component is nearly Tk 7,000 crore.
Six companies who had earlier qualified for the work can buy tender documents from September 22. The last date for submitting bids is November 25, Shafiqul Islam, director of the bridge project, told The Daily Star.
On June 26, the government invited tenders for the construction of the main part of the bridge and asked the pre-qualified firms to submit bids by September 9, which was later extended until November 4.
A Bangladesh-Malaysia joint venture company is constructing the approach road at Janjira point in the bridge area under a Tk 1,097 crore agreement.
To check river erosion at the point, a project of Tk 100 crore is being implemented. The government had to take this project in the face of continuous river erosion that threatened the construction site.
A Tk 250 crore tender has recently been floated for building the other approach road and a service area at Mawa point.
The government spent Tk 200 crore on preparing the bridge design and Tk 1,400 crore on rehabilitation and resettlement, which are at the final stage.
The government had planned to start the construction of a 6.15-kilometre rail-road bridge and complete major part of the bridge within its tenure. It could not be possible, however, as the donors cancelled funds over allegations of corruption in the project.
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