GAIBANDHA, SEP 17, 2018 (BSS) – Local Government Engineering Department
(LGED) implemented huge development works in road communication sector last
nine years and a half during the tenure of the present government.
Office sources said a total of 650 km roads were constructed in seven
upazilas of the district at the cost of TK 350 crore, and 34 bridges were
also built over the rivers and the canals at the cost of TK 110 crore during
the period.
Apart from it, as many as 800 km of road were also maintained and
repaired at the cost of TK 100 crore at the direct supervision of the
department, said Ahsan Kabir, senior assistant engineer of LGED.
Executive engineer of LGED Abdur Rahim Shaikh told the quality has been
ensured in the development works of the roads and the bridges as per the
terms and condition of the schedules prepared by the department.
Besides, 3 upazila parishad bhaban, 20 union parishad bhaban, 739
primary school buildings had been constructed side by side with developing 12
growth centers during the period, he added.