The Padma Bridge is a multipurpose road-rail bridge across the Padma River under construction in Bangladesh

The Padma Bridge is a multipurpose street rail connect over the Padma River under development in Bangladesh. It will associate Louhajong, Munshiganj to Shariatpur and Madaripur, connecting the south-west of the nation, to northern and eastern locales. Padma Bridge is the most difficult development venture ever of. The two-level steel bracket extension will convey a four-path roadway on the upper level and a solitary track railroad on a lower level.[1] With 150 m traverse, 6.150 km (20,180 ft) add up to length and 18.10 m width it will be the biggest scaffold in the Pawdda-Brahmaputra-Meghna waterway bowls of nation as far as both traverse and the aggregate length.[2]

The venture covers three areas — Munshiganj (Mawa Point/North bank), Shariatpur and Madaripur (Janjira/South bank). The aggregate territory of land to be procured and required for its segments is 918 hectares (2248.63 section of land). The order of land for the development yard will be for a long time on a rental premise. According to the new outline, an extra 144.04 ha (355.93 section of land) has been recognized for procurement, bringing the aggregate to 1062.14 hectares (2624.61 section of land). This extra land is required on the grounds that venture site lost critical land because of disintegration, for progress structures and because of an adjustment in railroad arrangement.

After affirmation of debasement by a few people related with venture readiness the World Bank pulled back its dedication and different givers took after. In any case, the defilement claims were in this way observed to be false and without justify and the Canadian Court along these lines expelled the case.[3] The undertaking is presently being subsidized from possess assets of the Government of Bangladesh.[2]

The Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA) welcomed the pre-capability delicate for the undertaking in April 2010. Development of the extension was relied upon to start by mid 2011[4] and be prepared for real finish in 2013 (and finish all areas by late 2015[5]). The proposed Pawdda Multipurpose Bridge Project will give coordinate availability between the focal and southwestern piece of the nation through a settled connection on the Pawdda River at Mawa-Janjira focuses. The scaffold will contribute altogether towards encouraging the social, financial and mechanical improvement of this generally immature district with a populace of more than 30 million. The region of impact of the immediate advantage of the task is around 44,000 km2 (17,000 sq mi) or 29% of the aggregate region of Bangladesh. In this manner, the venture is seen as essential foundation towards enhancing the transportation arrange and provincial monetary advancement of the nation. The scaffold has arrangements for rail, gas, electric line and fiber optic link for future extension. The Bangladesh Bridge Authority is the executing office of the task.

On 17 June 2014,An essential advance has been made in development of Pawdda Bridge. A development firm, China Major Bridge Engineering Company Ltd has been chosen to build the since quite a while ago aimed connect on the stream Padma.The 6.15 km connect, costing an expected ৳91.72 billion (US$1.2 billion), will interface 21 southern locale with the capital.This uber undertaking would be finished before the finish of 2018. A work arrange for waterway administration issued in August 2014.

China proposed fabricating the extension on the construct claim exchange (BOT) premise by contributing $2 billion or 70 percent of the task cost. Four organizations - China Major Bridge Engineering Company, Daelim-L&T JV and Samsung C&T Corporation - bought the delicate papers. In any case, just the Chinese organization presented their money related proposition on 24 April 2014.

The state-claimed organization has developed structures like the renowned 36 km Hangzhou Bay Bridge, the longest ocean crossing span on the planet.

Padma Bridge, when charged, will support the GDP by as much as 1.2 percent.[6]

Review of Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project

Configuration Team :- The itemized plan of the Padma Multipurpose Bridge is being conveyed by a group of universal and national specialists headed by AECOM.[7] The group involves AECOM, SMEC International, Northwest Hydraulic Consultants[8] and ACE Consultants, with extra help from Aas-Jakobsen and HR Wallingford. The Project contains two stages. Stage 1 of the Project incorporates the Design Phase driving through acquisition activity to the honor of development contracts. Stage 2 is the Construction Phase. Stage 1 of the task started on the 29 January 2009. A committed Project Office was set up in Dhaka in March 2009. Nitty gritty outline of the fundamental extension was done in AECOM's Hong Kong office. All work completed by the plan group was done inside the structure of AECOM's Quality Management System (QMS) which is freely licensed to AS/NZS ISO 9001. The QMS is intended to control all extend work attempted by the group. A task particular Design Management Plan was set up at the start of the undertaking, In March 2009, the Government of Bangladesh asked for AECOM to quicken the outline with a view to guaranteeing development could be finished before the finish of 2013. This required the activation of extra work force inside the outline group. Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA) built up a globally perceived Panel of Experts containing five national and five universal specialists to audit the plan at customary interims. What's more, an Independent Checking Engineer, Flint and Neill, was locked in to survey the plan criteria, particular and illustrations delivered by the outline group to guarantee the outline meets the venture prerequisites and to attempt an autonomous check of the nitty gritty outline of the principle extension and stream preparing works. A key component of the point by point configuration was the incorporation of Bangladesh partners into the outline group, which permitted the fruitful preparing of a noteworthy number of Bangladesh staff in all parts of the undertaking and the consequent exchange of the abnormal state of innovation associated with this expansive and complex project.[9]

Part of the venture :

Principle Bridge

Stream Training Works(RTW)

Janjira Approach Road and Selected Bridge End Facilities

Mawa Approach Road and Selected Bridge End Facilities

Administration Area-2

Resettlement

Condition

Land Acquisition

CSC(Main Bridge and RTW)

CSC(Approach Roads and Service Area-2)

Designing Support and Safety Team(ESST)

Principle Bridge (6.15 km long): Contractor : China Major Bridge Engineering Co. Ltd, China. Contract Period: 4 years+1 years (deformity obligation period). Contract Cost : BDT: 12,133.39 crore. Date of work arrange: 26 November 2014. Date of Completion: Physical Progress of Work: Mobilization of hardware and acquirement of materials, and preliminary works, for example, geotechnical examination, overview, steel manufacture of test heap, digging and Contractor's convenience, stack yard, throwing yard and so on development, are going on.

Stream Training Works(14 km length): Contractor : Sinohydro Corporation Limited, China. Contract Period: 4 years+1 years (imperfection obligation period). Contract Cost : BDT: 8707.81 crore. Date of work arrange: 31 December 2014. Date of Completion:. Physical Progress of Work: Handed over land to Contractor, Mobilization of gear and obtainment of materials and in addition Contractor's convenience, stack yard, throwing yard and so forth development is going on.

Janjira Approach Road and Selected Bridge End Facilities (10.5 km length): Contractor : AML-HCM JV. Contract Period : 3 years+1 year (deformity risk period). Contract Cost : BDT: 1097.40 crore. Date of work arrange: 8 October 2013. Physical Progress of Work: 29.10%.

Mawa Approach Road and Selected Bridge End Facilities (1.5 km length): Contractor : AML-HCM JV. Contract Period : 2.5 years+1 year (deformity obligation period). Contract Cost : BDT: 193.40 crore. Date of work arrange: 27 January 2014 Physical Progress of Work: 21.5%.

Administration Area-2: Contractor : Abdul Monem Ltd. Contract Period : 2.5 years+1 year (deformity risk period). Contract Cost : BDT: 208.71 crore. Date of work arrange: 12 January 2014 Physical Progress of Work: 12%.

Resettlement: Total Additional Grant Paid to the PAP : BDT: 500.71 crore(up to 31 December 2014). Add up to no. of plots: 2698 No. of private plots: 2618 No. of business plots: 80 977 plots have been given over to the PAP out of affirmed 1045 plots(up to 31/12/2014).

Condition: Tree ranch has been begun from 2012 and 55150 nos. of tree estate has been finished up and coming.

Land Acquisition: The land has been procured 1408.54 hectares.

CSC (Main Bridge and RTW): Consultant : Korea Expressway Corporation, South Korea and Associates. Contract Period: 4 years+1 years (deformity risk period). Contract Cost : BDT: 383.15 crore. Date of Signing Contract : 3 November 2014. The advance of Work: Deployment of labor and in addition supervision of works are going on.

CSC (Approach Road and Service Area): Consultant : Special Works Organization(SWO-West), Bangladesh Army in relationship with BRTC, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. Contract Period : 3 years+1 year (imperfection risk period). Contract Cost : BDT: 133.49 crore. Date of Work Order: 13 October 2013. The advance of Work: 40%.

Building Support and Safety Team(ESST): ESST : Bangladesh Army. Contract Period: 4 years+1 years (imperfection risk period). Contract Cost : BDT: 72.14 crore. Date of Work Order : 13 October 2013 Progress of Work : 40%

Current status of task

Around 56.0% development work of the 6.15-kilometer-long two-level Padma Multipurpose Bridge has been completed.The China Major Bridge Engineering Corporation (MBEC), which was named for the fundamental scaffold, will do the work. The dirt testing and digging works have been continuing throughout the previous four months for the waterway training.The scaffold will have a sum of 42 columns. Each will have six heaps underneath. Steel ranges will be set on the columns. The scaffold will have an aggregate