Dhaka, July 13 -- Speakers have demanded that construction of an unauthorised approach road under the Kewatkhali Arch Steel Bridge project in Mymensingh be stopped immediately, which they said defies the original ECNEC-approved design over the Brahmaputra River.

The demand came from a press conference under the banner of 'Sadajajagroto Mymensingh', a platform, held at 11 am on Sunday at National Press Club.

They also alleged that the construction work was also disregarding the original design approved by ECNEC, causing significant financial, environmental and social harm.

Abul Kalam Al Azad, chief organiser of 'Sadajajagroto Mymensingh' and coordinator of the Brahmaputra Protection Movement, said, Mymensingh has now become the world's ...