Noting Chattogram as the heartbeat of the country's economy, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday said it will become "one city with two towns" after completion of the Bangabandhu Tunnel, being constructed beneath the Karnaphuli River, reports BSS.
"It is the first tunnel in South Asia. About 95.50 per cent work of the tunnel project has been completed so far and it will be inaugurated on February 24," he said while exchanging views with journalists at local the circuit house in Chattogram.
Quader, also the general secretary of Bangladesh Awami League (AL), said once upon a time, none thought that Bangabandhu Tunnel would turn Chattogram into "one city with two towns" like Shanghai in China.
He said revealed that the feasibility study of metro rail project in Chattogram will be completed on January 31.
Bangabandhu's daughter Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has taken the responsibility of country's development giving economic freedom to the people of the country, he said.
The AL general secretary said when the World Bank withdrew its funding from the Padma Bridge project, the dream was going to be broken.
Then Sheikh Hasina stood in the House and announced that Padma Bridge would be constructed with own funding, he said, adding: "Padma Bridge is no longer a dream but a reality now."
Quader said: "We are going through a difficult and challenging time. Russia-Ukraine war is going on, and sanctions and counter-sanctions of Europe and America are being imposed on each other, and as a result, one-third of the world's countries are now moving towards a big rescission".
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