CHATTOGRAM, July 27, 2024 (BSS)-The renovation works of the aging Kalurghat Bridge in Chattogram will be completed within this month.

Railway official sources said the renovation works on Kalurghat Bridge that was started on 1st August in 2023 and it will be completed this month.

"The carpeting works on the Khalurghat Bridge is almost completed. Construction works of the walkway added to the bridge for the first time has been completed. So, the bridge is now ready for traffic movement." sources said.

Jisan Dutta, engineer of Bangladesh Railway (BR), Eastern Zone, said that the bridge will be opened for the vehicles and pedestrians in this month as the renovation work on the old bridge has been almost completed.

However, the higher authorities of the railway department will take a decision about the date of opening the bridge for traffic movement, said the engineer.

On the advice of the expert engineers of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), the railway authorities have started the renovation works of the bridge at a cost of Taka 55 crore aims to make the bridge sustainable for heavy trains and vehicles.

Bangladesh Railway appointed Max Infrastructure Limited as the contractor for the renovation of the bridge.

The 239-metre Kalurghat dual-purpose bridge that was built in 1930 over the Karnaphuli River became unfit for both train and road traffic.