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Shamsul Mia is in her 60s. Their ancestral home is located a short distance from Kumarbhog along the road to the left of the Mawa Junction in Padmapar, Munshiganj. This is where he was born and raised.
I was talking to Shamsul Mia at a tea shop in front of her house around 11:30 am on Thursday. See a little less in his eyes due to his age. We started talking while drinking tea. I asked him: ‘Did you ever think that there would be a bridge over the Padma River in this life?’ He replied with a little force: “There will be a bridge over the Padma, it was unimaginable.”
In this way, the Padma Bridge has defeated Shamsul Mia’s imagination. The Padma Bridge is an incredible dream for seniors in the region like him.
On the other hand, Padma Bridge is a name for young people to go beyond their dreams. I spoke to Tuhin Mollah from the South Midlands at noon. Tuhin Mollah, 23, is a sanitary mechanic by profession. His story is a little different. When work on the Padma Bridge didn’t start 10 years ago, Tuhin used to go fishing in Padma with his father. After the construction of the bridge began, the parents did not stay in the profession. There is a touch of development in the Mawa region centered on the Padma Bridge. The building keeps going up. Then he learned to work as a sanitary mechanic. Now the income is pretty good too.
Tuhin Mollah told Prothom Alo: “If the bridge is opened, the construction of buildings will increase in the Shivchar and Bhanga areas on the other side.” So Tuhin Mollah dreamed of working there too.
In this way, the bridge shows hope to the children of Padmapar. The Padma Bridge is changing the lives of the people of this region. Life feels like a touch of modernity.
