Khulna, Feb. 16 -- The construction work of the long-awaited Gollamari Steel Arch Bridge over the Mayur River of Khulna is going on at a snail pace on several grounds, including disagreements between the implementing organisation and the contractor, and insufficiency of budget.

Investing Tk 67.66 crore, the Ministry of Road, Transport and Bridges started implementing the project under the supervision of Khulna Roads and Highways.

Though it was scheduled to be completed by March this year, only 19 percent of the work has been finished over the past 16 months.

Vehicles and commuters have to face immense suffering for use of a single lane on the Khulna-Chaknagar-Satkhira regional road over the river.

The disagreements between the contrac...