Jamuna Rail Bridge to open Jan next year

The much-awaited double line dual gauge railway bridge over the River Jamuna is expected to open in second week of January, 2025.

“We have successfully completed construction works of dedicated double line dual gauge railway bridge over the river Jamuna,” said Project Director of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Railway Bridge Al Fattah Md Masudur Rahman, reports BSS.

He said the 4.8 km long double line dual gauge bridge, which would be the largest dedicated rail bridge of the country, was constructed with two packages including WD-1 and WD-2 with the involvement of Tk 16,780 crore.

“The total cost of the bridge has been estimated of Tk 16,780.95 crore, of which Tk 13,000 crore has been earmarked for construction work and over Tk 3,000 crore for meeting other cost. But we have saved Tk 50 crore against construction of a component,” Rahman said.

According to the project details, the main construction work was done with the financial support of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). JICA has given around Tk 12,000 crore, while the rest of the money came from the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) fund.