Padma Multipurpose Bridge
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| The Padma Multipurpose Bridge is a multi-purpose road-rail field on the other side of the Padma River, the main tributary of the Ganges in Bangladesh. It connects with Shariatpur and Madaripur, in the south-west, north and east of the country. The field was inaugurated on 25 June 2022. |
The Padma
Multipurpose Bridge is considered to be the most difficult construction design
in the history of Bangladesh. The two-position sword stilt ground carries a
four-lane trace in the upper position and a single track road in the lower
position. With a span of 150.12 meters (492.5 feet) long, 41 spans, a total
length of 6.241 km (3.878 miles) and a range of 22.5 meters (74 feet), it is
the longest land in Bangladesh, and in terms of both spans it is the longest
and total length above the Ganges. The highest depth of this land mass is 122
meters, which is the highest of all the other islands. The soil of Padma is the
deepest soil in the world.
With the launch of
the Padma Multipurpose Bridge, Bangladesh's GDP is expected to grow
significantly by 1.2 percent.
Coordinates 23.4443°N
90.2610°E
Carries Motor
vehicles, Railway
Official name Padma
Multipurpose Bridge
Owner Bangladesh
Bridge Authority
Website www.padmabridge.gov.bd
Next upstream Lalon
Shah Bridge
Characteristics
Design Truss bridge
Total length 6.241 km (20,470 ft)
Width 18.18 meters (59.6 feet)
Height 120 meters (394 feet)
Water depth 122 m (400 ft)
No. of spans 41
Load limit 10,000 tonnes
No. of lanes 4
History
Designer AECOM
Constructed by China Major Bridge Engineering
Co. Ltd.
Construction start November
26, 2014
Construction end 23
June 2022[2]
Construction cost 30193.39
crore (US$3.6 billion) (2018 estimates)[3]
Opening 25
June 2022 09:00 (BST)
Inaugurated 25
June 2022
Statistics
Toll Yes
History
On 18 September 1998, a design worth the money. Crores of
rupees were proposed for the construction of a ground on the Padma River on the
Dhaka-Mawa-Bhanga-Khulna Highway for direct communication between the capital
and the south and south-west of the country. 5 km long and 18.10 m wide, this
field is considered to be the longest possible field in the country.
Construction was proposed to begin in July 1999 and will be completed in June
2004. The proposed amount is Rs 1 crore from foreign sources and Rs 750 crore
from main sources.
In the 2006-2007
Annual Development Program, the Government of Bangladesh also adopted a plan to
build the Padma Multipurpose Bridge.
The Bangladesh Bridge
Authority (BBA) invited pre-qualification tenders for the design in April 2010.
Construction of the ground will begin in early 2011 and will be ready for a
major overhaul in 2013 (and all sections will be completed by the end of 2015).
Following allegations
of corruption by some people involved in design drugs, the World Bank withdrew
its commitment and other donors followed suit. The Bangladesh government has
decided to finance the design itself.
China has proposed to build the ground on a
figure-operating-transfer (BOT) basis by investing 2 2 billion or 70 percent of
the design cost. Four companies - China Major Bridge Engineering Company,
Daily-L&T JV and Samsung C&T Corporation - bought the tender papers.
Still, only Chinese companies submitted their financial proposals on April 24,
2014.
On June 17, 2014, significant progress was made in the construction of the Padma Multipurpose Bridge. A construction company, China Bridge Engineering Co., Ltd., was hired to build the long-awaited site at Padma Lock. The 6.15 km site is estimated to bring in Rs 91.72 billion (US 1. 1.1 billion).
Overview of design
The design consists
of two stages. Phase 1 includes the design phase which leads to the award of
construction contracts through procurement activities. Phase 2 is the
construction phase. Phase 1 begins on January 29, 2009. A dedicated design
office was established in March 2009 in Dhaka. Detailed design of the main
ground was done at AECOM's Hong Kong office. All work performed by the Design
Platoon was performed within the framework of AECOM's Quality Management System
(QMS) which is solely recognized in AS / NZS ISO 9001. QMS is designed to
control all design work adopted by the platoon. A design-specific design
operation plan was established at the beginning of the design. In March 2009,
the Government of Bangladesh requested AECOM to expedite the design to complete
construction by the end of 2013. This required the assembling of a new
workforce within the design platoon. The Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA) has
constituted an internationally respected panel of experts comprising five
public and five international experts to review the design at regular
intervals. Also, an independent checking mastermind, Flint & Neil, was
hired to review the design produced by the design criteria, specification and
design platoon so that the design meets the design requirements and to take an
independent check of the detailed design of the original. Ground and swash
training workshops.
An important aspect of the detailed design was the integration of Bangladeshi counterparts into the design platoon, which allowed for the successful training of a significant number of Bangladeshi manpower in all aspects of design and the transfer of the associated technology to a higher position. Large, intricate design.
Components of the project:
1. Main
bridge
2. River
training works (RTW)
3. Janjira
approach road & selected bridge end facilities
4. Mawa
approach road & selected bridge end facilities
5. Service
area - 2
6. Resettlement
7. Environment
8. Land
acquisition
9. CSC (main
bridge & RTW)
10. CSC
(approach roads & service area - 2)
11. Engineering
support & safety team (ESST)
Main bridge 6,150 m (20,180 ft):
• Contractor:
China Major Bridge Engineering Co. Ltd, China
• Contract
period: 4 years + 1 years (defect liability period)
• Contract
cost: BDT: 12,133.39 crore
• Date of
work order: 26 November 2014
• Date of
completion: December 10, 2020
• Physical
progress of work: 100%
River training works 14 km (8.7 mi) length:
• Contractor:
Sinohydro Corporation Limited, China
• Contract
period: 4 years + 1 years (defect liability period)
• Contract
cost: BDT: 9,400 crore
• Date of
work order: 31 December 2014
• Date of
completion: June 30, 2022
• Physical
progress of work: 100%
Janjira approach road & selected bridge end facilities
10.50 km (6.52 mi) length:
• Contractor:
AML-HCM JV
• Contract
period: 3 years + 1 year (defect liability period)
• Contract
cost: BDT: 1097.40 crore
• Date of
work order: 8 October 2013
• Date of
completion: 31 October 2016
• Physical
progress of work: 100%
Mawa approach road & selected bridge end facilities 1.50
km (0.93 mi) length:
• Contractor:
AML-HCM JV
• Contract
period: 2.5 years + 1 year (defect liability period)
• Contract
cost: BDT: 193.40 crore
• Date of
work order: 27 January 2014
• Date of
completion: 31 July 2017
• Physical
progress of work: 100%
Service area-2:
• Contractor:
Abdul Monem Ltd
• Contract
period: 2.5 years + 1 year (defect liability period)
• Contract
cost: BDT: 208.71 crore
• Date of
work order: 12 January 2014
• Date of
completion: 31 July 2017
• Physical
progress of work: 100%
Resettlement:
• Total
additional grant: BDT: 645.95 crore (up to September 2019)
• Total no.
of plots: 2752
• 2418
plots handed over to the PAP (up to September 2019)
• Date of
work order: 1 June 2009
• Date of
completion: 30 June 2020
Environment:
• Total no.
of trees planted: 1,69,957
• Date of
work order: 1 June 2009
• Date of
completion: 30 June 2021
Land acquisition:
• Total
land acquisition:
o Munshiganj:
acquired: 329.64 hectares, handed over: 319.92 hectares
o Madaripur:
acquired: 1601.19 hectares, handed over: 553.18 hectares
o Shariatpur:
acquired: 610.96 hectares, handed over: 579.95 hectares
• Date of
work order: 1 August 2006
• Date of
completion: 31 December 2019
CSC (main bridge & RTW):
• Consultant:
Korea Expressway Corporation, South Korea & Associates
• Contract
period: 4 years + 1 years (defect liability period)
• Contract
cost: BDT: 383.15 crore
• Date of
signing contract: 3 November 2014
• Date of
completion: 30 November 2019
• Progress
of work: 100%
CSC (approach road & service area):
• Consultant:
Special Works Organization (SWO-West), Bangladesh Army in association with
Bureau of Research, Testing and Consultation of BUET
• Contract
period: 3 years + 1 year (defect liability period)
• Contract
cost: BDT: 133.49 crore
• Date of
work order: 13 October 2013
• Date of
completion: 31 October 2018
• Progress
of work: 100%
Engineering Support & Safety Team (ESST):
• ESST:
Bangladesh Army
• Contract
period: 4 years + 1 years (defect liability period)
• Contract
cost: BDT: 72.14 crore
• Date of
work order: 13 October 2013
• Date of
completion: 31 October 2018
• Progress
of work: 100%
Construction and development
Work on the Padma
Multipurpose Bridge is astronomically divided into five corridors - main
ground, swash training, two connecting roads and construction of structures
(service areas). Sinohydro Corporation of China was hired for the swash
training workshop and Abdul Monem Limited of Bangladesh was awarded the
contract for construction of two connecting roads and structures.
In October 2017, one
and a half times after the start of the original construction work, the first
span was placed between Pillars 37 and 38, indicating the timely progress of
the design.
On November 27, 2020, construction of all 42 pillars was
completed.
The final (41st) span
of the ground was installed on 10 December 2020 at 1202 PM.
The last road arbor
was installed in the span connecting pillars 12 and 13 of Padma Ground at 1012
am on 24 August 2021.
Before Padma Bridge Day Inclusion Form, June 24, 2022
When finished, the
field will be the longest field in Bangladesh.
The 415 beacon posts
on the Padma Bridge have access to electricity and light up at any time when it
starts to get dark.
On 25 June 2022,
Bangladesh High Minister Sheikh Hasina officially inaugurated the ground.
Rivalry and rumors
Padma Bridge is a
rebuke of corruption
The Padma Multipurpose Bridge has been embroiled in controversy and controversy since the morning. The World Bank said it had "established credible credentials from various sources that point to a high-level corruption conspiracy between Bangladeshi government officials, SNC-Lavalin directors and individuals with the Padma Multipurpose Bridge project." As a result of the controversial corruption, the World Bank originally refused to allow the proposed loan for the construction of the ground and assessed the conditions for the permanence of the loan addresses to the government. Deputation Minister Syed Abul Hossain had to resign after agreeing to one of the conditions, as he was claimed to be involved in corruption. SNC-Lavalin has adopted a negotiated resolution agreement where the company and its cells were barred 10 times from bidding for the World Bank agreement. This is particularly significant because one of the four criteria required before an international sponsor can agree to a negotiating agreement is "whether the accused party has pleaded guilty." Some assumed that SNC Lavalin had done it.
Even then,
allegations of corruption were thrown out in a Canadian court as the main
reason for an extension shown as line tapping was not well thought out before
the suspects. Thus, all evidence collected from the line valve was discarded.
Since the case has relied heavily on the certification of the line valve, the
decision to execute the death sentence will no longer be pursued.
In 2017, former ICC prosecutor Luis Gabriel Moreno Ocampo
came to Dhaka to cover progress on the controversial Padma Multipurpose Bridge
corruption settlement. The World Bank has transferred a panel of three led by
Ocampo to review the ACC's acquisition process. As per the panel's
recommendation, the ACC filed a case accusing former Clerk of the Island
Division Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan and six other high-ranking government
officials. Yet, the same Canadian court acquitted three directors that
SNC-Lavalin Group Inc employees planned to buy Bangladeshi officials in ground
design, in the same context mentioned earlier.
Rumors are spreading
on social media platforms like Facebook that the construction of the Padma
Bridge will require a mortal head in July 2019. As a result, many people were
beaten in different corridors of Bangladesh and handed over to the police.
Subsequently on 9 July 2019, the Ground Construction Authority transferred an
announcement to the media that the incident was rumored and unreasonable.
Examiners have advised the ground authorities to spread all the details of the
field construction among the people.
Operation and
facilities
This field will quickly connect Dhaka with Kolkata. At least
2 hours of travel time will be saved. The southern part of Bangladesh will be
connected with Dhaka in a short time. If the ground is opened, another
Kolkata-Dhaka international train may be launched via Mawa, Goaland, Faridpur,
Kushtia, Poradaho, Darshana and Gede.
See also
• 99th Composite
Brigade, a Bangladesh Army squad stationed to insure security of the ground
• Ganges Barrage
Project, another proposedmega-project to combat the water insufficiency caused
by the Farakka Barrage
• Jamuna Bridge, a
analogous completed ground across the Jamuna River
• Sheikh Russel Cantonment, a cantonment erected near the
Padma Multipurpose Bridge
• List of
megaprojects in Bangladesh
• Padma Bridge graft
reproach
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