Dhaka, May 5 -- There has been extensive development in the construction of bridges and culverts in Feni district in the past few years, but most of them have no visible use. Crores of taka is being spent away in building some bridges without connecting roads yet. As a result, these developments do not bring any benefit to the people. The hope of the residents of the two villages adjacent to the bridge over Kalidas Pahalia River remains unfulfilled due to difficulty in getting the desired approach road.

The bridge was constructed at a cost of about 9 crore taka on Kalidas Pahalia River in Farhad Nagar of Feni Sadar Upazila and Nawabpur Union of Sonagazi Upazila without a connecting road. As a result, a bridge was constructed on the river...