Save the bridge
The first Bangladesh-China friendship bridge, which is situated at Postogola region in Dhaka city, is now completely vulnerable. The bridge is a major attraction to the people of Dhaka & this is also a place to spend leisure time. The people of surrounding areas use it as a place of jogging & every day many people visit the bridge. In the evening the view of the sunset is quite beautiful from the bridge. And, overall, the bridge is the main entrance of Dhaka city from southern region. It will be more important when the Padma Bridge is built.
But the department concerned doesn't look after it properly. The bridge is going to be abandoned very soon. The environment of the bridge is quite bad. There is no light in the bridge, so hijackers take their chance. The railings are broken, there are some holes in the footpath of the bridge, and a temporary bus stoppage has been there on the bridge for 15 years. These are creating serious problems for the pedestrians. During the Eid-ul-Azha a cattle market is organised on the footpath of the bridge.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. Once I used to visit the bridge every evening but in the last five years I didn't go there more than thrice because of its environment.
So it's time to take proper steps to save the bridge from destruction.