C T Online Desk: Awami League Presidium Member Shajahan Khan today said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will fix the date for the inauguration of much-anticipated Padma Bridge after the Eid vacation.
He said this while talking to journalists after offering Eid prayers at Madaripur municipality Eidgah here.
Shajahan, also a member of parliament from Madaripur-2 constituency, said Padma Bridge will be opened for vehicular movement on any day of June next.
He hoped the people of 21 districts in the southern region of Bangladesh will be able to use Padma Bridge by next June. But it will not be possible to open rail operation on Padma Bridge during the inauguration, he mentioned.
Earlier, the AL leader joined Eid congregation led by district jame mosque’s Imam Mawlana Ilias Habibullah at 8 am.
AL Joint General Secretary AFM Bahauddin Nasim, district AL organizing secretary Pavelur Rahman Shafiq Khan, Madaripur municipal mayor Khalid Hossain Yad also joined the Eid jamaat.
After offering prayers, devotees embraced each other and extended Eid greetings.
