Bangladesh: Padma Bridge lit up with lights on all lampposts
June 15, 2022
Bangladesh desk: Lights on all 415 lamp posts on the entire Padma Bridge were lit up on Tuesday evening simultaneously.
The lamp posts were lit up at 6.50pm using power connections from Munshiganj and Shariatpur Palli Bidyut Samitiy, Padma Bridge’s executive engineer Dewan Md Abdul Quader said.
Earlier on Monday, the bridge’s Mawa end was illuminated by lighting up 207 lamp posts using power connection.
The work of installing the first lamp post at Mawa end of Louhajang upazila in Munshiganj district started on November 25 last year.
The installation of these lamp posts was completed on April 18 this year. The first electric lamp was lit experimentally in the afternoon of June 4.
On the same day, 24 lamp posts were lit up between the 14th and 19th pillars of the bridge.
Until June 11, all the lights of the bridge were lit experimentally step by step.
Apart from the street lights, road marking, hand railing, movement joint parapet works are also in progress at present.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate 6.15km Padma Bridge on June 25.
The bridge will be opened for vehicular traffic from 6:00am the next day.
