A 36-foot culvert built six years ago in Sunamganj’s Dowarabazar upazila remains unusable to residents because connecting approach roads on either side were never constructed.
Constructed under a 2019-20 fiscal year Disaster Management and Relief Ministry bridge and culvert scheme on the Kandargaon Bazar-to-Dighirpar road in Boglabazar union, the structure received an allocation of Tk 30 lakh, according to official records. Years later, without link roads joining either end of the road, residents still wade through water and mud during the monsoon.
Local resident Jahirul Haque Sani asked how people can benefit from public infrastructure spending if approach roads are omitted. Dowarabazar Upazila Project Implementation Officer Lutfur Rahman said he was unaware of the gap until now and pledged to complete the connecting roads in the next budget.
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