Thousands of people of eight villages under two unions in Madarganj upazila in the district are suffering for long just for want of a permanent bridge over river Kharka.
Commuters are now using a 120ft long bamboo-made temporary bridge which is built by locals every year since the opening of Gabergram market on the west bank of the river in 2000.
The villages are Sukhnagari, Purbo Tartapara and Paschim Tartapara under Balijuri union, Khilkati, Phuljur, Paschim Gulabari, Atamari and Haatmagura under Jurkhali union on the south-east side of the river.
As a result, people including farmers, students and patients of the villages are facing a troublesome communication as they have to cross the bamboo-made bridge to reach the market, the upazila headquarters, health complex and a number of educational institutions including the lone girls college located on the other side of the river.
High school and college-going students and patients, especially elderly ones and expecting mothers, are the worst sufferers, locals said.
Moreover, as Balijuri union parishad (UP) was set up at Sukhnagari village, the beneficiaries of five villages located on south-west and north-west of the river, are suffering much for want of a bridge, said Manzurul Islam Musa, chairman of the union.
They face troubles while carrying their VGF and VGD food or while coming to visit the parishad to have different local government services, the chairman said. The UP itself also faces problems when food items for the vulnerable group and other materials brought to the parishad by horse carriages through alternative Khilkati-Junail road as it is 7-8km more than the actual distance, he said.
During a recent visit to the villages, a number of locals including farmers and students told this correspondent that they were in dire need of a bridge over the river for carrying goods to the market on haat days and going to school.
Contacted, Jugal Krishna Mandol, local LGED engineer, said his office had sent a Tk. 3.25 crore proposal to the higher authorities concerned for a bridge in 2011, but to no effect yet.
“We will again write with a revised estimate of over Tk. 4 crore to build a 75-metre bridge over the river soon”, the engineer added.
Commuters are now using a 120ft long bamboo-made temporary bridge which is built by locals every year since the opening of Gabergram market on the west bank of the river in 2000.
The villages are Sukhnagari, Purbo Tartapara and Paschim Tartapara under Balijuri union, Khilkati, Phuljur, Paschim Gulabari, Atamari and Haatmagura under Jurkhali union on the south-east side of the river.
As a result, people including farmers, students and patients of the villages are facing a troublesome communication as they have to cross the bamboo-made bridge to reach the market, the upazila headquarters, health complex and a number of educational institutions including the lone girls college located on the other side of the river.
High school and college-going students and patients, especially elderly ones and expecting mothers, are the worst sufferers, locals said.
Moreover, as Balijuri union parishad (UP) was set up at Sukhnagari village, the beneficiaries of five villages located on south-west and north-west of the river, are suffering much for want of a bridge, said Manzurul Islam Musa, chairman of the union.
They face troubles while carrying their VGF and VGD food or while coming to visit the parishad to have different local government services, the chairman said. The UP itself also faces problems when food items for the vulnerable group and other materials brought to the parishad by horse carriages through alternative Khilkati-Junail road as it is 7-8km more than the actual distance, he said.
During a recent visit to the villages, a number of locals including farmers and students told this correspondent that they were in dire need of a bridge over the river for carrying goods to the market on haat days and going to school.
Contacted, Jugal Krishna Mandol, local LGED engineer, said his office had sent a Tk. 3.25 crore proposal to the higher authorities concerned for a bridge in 2011, but to no effect yet.
“We will again write with a revised estimate of over Tk. 4 crore to build a 75-metre bridge over the river soon”, the engineer added.
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