The Padma Bridge is a multipurpose road-rail bridge across the Padma River to be constructed in

Bangladesh. When completed it will be the largest bridge in Bangladesh and the first fixed river crossing
for road traffic. It will connect Louhajong, Munshiganj to Shariatpur and Madaripur, linking the south-west
of the country, to northern and eastern regions.

About The Project

Name of the Project Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project (PMBP)
Executing Agency Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA)
Construction Period Nov 2014 ~ Dec. 2018 (4 Years)
Liabilities Period 1 year from the date of completion

 Main Bridge Works: China Major Bridge

Engineering Co. Ltd, China.
Name of the Contractors  River Training Works: Sinohydro Corporation
Limited, China.

 Main Bridge
 River Training Works(RTW)
 Janjira Approach Road & Selected Bridge End
Facilities
 Mawa Approach Road & Selected Bridge End
Facilities
Components Of The Project  Service Area- 02
 Resettlement
 Environment
 Land Acquisition
 CSC- 02 (Main Bridge & RTW)
 CSC- 01 (Approach Roads & Service Area-2)
 Engineering Support & Safety Team(ESST)
 General Information
History of PMBP

Pr-feasibility Study by BBA - 1998-1999 - GoB Fund

Feasibility Study, finalized - 2003-2005 - JICA Grant
by JICA, Japan
LAP, RAP & EMP - 2006 - GoB Fund
Detailed Design and - 2009-2011 - ADB TA Loan + GoB Fund
procurement, finalize by
Maunsell Ltd. AECOM
NZL
Procurement & - 2011-2015 - GoB Fund
Implementation
Independent checking of - 2010 - ADB TA Loan Fund
design finalize by Flint &
Neill Limited UK

Land Acquisition: About 1471 hector

Bridge in Brief:

Main Bridge Length 6.15 km

Viaduct 3.148 km (Road), 532 m (Rail)
Approach Road 12.117 km
River Training Works 14 km (1.6 Mawa + 12.4 in Janjira)

Estimated Project Cost (2nd RDPP): BDT 287933.88 Million or,

USD 3.692 Billion (Including VAT and IT)
 Main Bridge Details (Technical)

Span
Total 41nos.

 2 transition pier at landward ends and

 40 Center pier

Span Length

150 m each Composite Superstructure (Warren type Steel Truss Girder and Concrete on Upper
Deck)

Total Length (Main Bridge)

41*150=6150 m = 6.150 km. Total 7 Nos Module:

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
6 span in each 6 module
5 span in one module

Pile Details

 Racked (Inclined at 1H:6V) Steel Tubular driven pile

 6 Nos. In each pier
 Pile Diameter = 3m
 Pile Length = 128m

Total number of pile in Main Bridge:

 Steel Pile = 40*6 = 240 nos

 vertical bored concrete pile = 2×16 = 32 nos (upto 80m depth)

Upper Deck

 22 m wide concrete deck slab (2.5 m hard shoulder on the both side)
 4 Lane road
Lower Deck

 Single Track Dual Gauge Rail

Deck Height

 13.6 m

Navigational Clearance

 18.30 m

Viaduct

 Mawa End (North Bank): 19+20 = 39 span; Length = 1478.03m

 Janjira End (South Bank): 23+19 = 42 span; Length = 1670.03m

 Total Road Viaduct: 81 span; Total Length= 3148.06m

Rail Viaduct

 Mawa End and Janjira End: 7+7 = 14 span; Length = 532m

Utilities Through the Bridge

 760mm dia Gas Transmission Line

 150mm dia Fiber optical & Telephone Duct
 7 nos High voltage Electric Line Platform in River over Pile Foundation at 2km
downstream of Main Bridge
 Present Status of the project
Time based work plan and achievement
Up to December, 2016
Project Name : Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project.
Ministry/Division/Agency: Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges, Bridges
Division, Bangladesh Bridge Authority

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Work Description Work as per work plan Total Achievement
as per work plan
No.
(major work) start end (Status) %
1. Main Bridge November November Main Bridge’s 37 nos. pile has been 34%
Construction 2014 2018 driven out up to bottom 70m and 12 nos.
piles have been driven out up to 128m.
18,000m steel plate fabrication of Main
Bridge’s has been done (out of 30,000m).
1,25,000 Ton steel plate out of 1,29,000
Ton has already been in site for pile
driving work. Super structure of 3D
assembling work is ongoing in both
China and Bangladesh. 04nos. Trusses
(150m span) fabrication work is being
continued at Mawa Construction Yard.
Already 06 Nos. Test Pile of Main Bridge
has been done out of 08 Nos. All work of
Test Piling of Viaduct has been
completed. The work of 150 m wide
channel along alignment of Main Bridge
is being continued. At Janjira site 34nos.
of Board piling work of Viaduct has been
done and transition pier’s 2no. Bored pile
 with 3m dia has been done and another
one is going on.
2. River Training November November Mobilization of equipment such as 28.50%
Work (RTW) 2014 2018 various sizes rock, stone chips, Sylhet
sand, cement and other construction
materials is going on. Casting of
33,00,000 Nos. concrete blocks out of
1,33,01,248 Nos. has been completed.
Dumping of 11,00,000 nos. Geo-bags out
of 2,12,75,000 Nos. has been completed.
At Janjira side chainage 5+300m to
chainage 7+000m of permanent dredging
work is ongoing& at Mawa side 800kg
Geo bag dumping has been done over
1100m apron moreover filling is
completed to the two voids around
700000m3created during in rainy season.
3. Construction November November Supervision of work is going on. 37%
Supervision 2014 2019
Consultant-2 (CSC-
2) for Main Bridge
& River Training
Works
4. Janjira Approach October October Approach Road = 10.579 km. Work is 85.80%
Road Construction 2013 2016 ongoing. 05 nos. of Bridge, 08 nos. of
Underpass and 20 nos. of culvert’s
construction work is ongoing.
5. Mawa Approach January July 2017 Work is substantially complete. 100%
Road Construction 2014
6. Service Area-2 January July 2017 Work is substantially complete. 100%
2014
7. Construction October October Supervision of work is going on. 78%
Supervision 2013 2018
Consultant-1 (CSC-
1) for Approach
Roads & Service
Area-2
8. Land Acquisition August June 2015 a) Munshigonj: Proposed land =400.84 hectares;
2006 Acquisition land = 331.25 hectares;
Possession taken by PMBP = 262.10 hectares.
b) Madaripur: Proposed land = 1122.20 hectares;
Acquisition land = 549.85 hectares;
Possession taken by PMBP =549.76 hectares
c) Shariatpur: Proposed land = 710.18 hectares;
Acquisition land = 590.58 hectares;
 Possession taken by PMBP = 502.76 hectares
# Total proposed land for three districts =2233.22
hectares;
# Total acquisition land for three districts =1471.68
hectares;
# Total Possession of land taken by PMBP in 3
districts =1314.62 hectares.
9. Resettlement June 2009 June 2020 a) Tk. 598.61 crore additional grants have been
activities(Compens handed over to the PAP up to December/2016.
ation and plot b) 2050 Nos. plots have been handed over out of
handed over) 2237 Nos. to the PAP which is recommended
by the “Project Level Plot Allocation
Committee” up to December/2016. Among
them it has been handed over 593 Nos.
Landless families without any cost. Moreover
house development facility has been provided
to the 72nos. effected people
10. Environment June 2009 June 2020 a) Tree plantation has been started from 2012 and
Activities 87,457 Nos. of tree plantation has been completed
up to December/2016 in resettlement area, approach
road and service area on both side of the river.
b)Consulting firm Agriconsulting S.P.A & SODEV
Consult International Ltd.are continuing their work
on for“Biodiversity Baseline Survey and Preparing
Monitoring Plan, Identifying Location of the
protected Sanctuary and Developing a Sanctuary
Plan of PMBP”
c) MoU has been signed with Zoological
Department of Dhaka University to stablish a
Museum in the project area. For this purpose,
proposed signing of contract agreement has been
completed. an 858nos. symptom has been collected
and preserved .
d)For “Consultancy Services for Preparing a
Comprehensive Documentation of Padma
Multipurpose Bridge Project,” negotiation has been
signed between Impress telefilm and PMBP on
17/02/2016. “Commencement of service” has been
provided to this institution for doing work. Work is
ongoing.
11. Management March December Work is ongoing.
Support 2016 2018
Consultancy (MSC)
  Total progress of the project up to 39.00 %.

Environmental Action Plan

Environmental Action Plan (EAP): Under EAP an Environmental Management Plan (EMP) has
prepared to minimize or avoid high and medium ranked adverse environmental impacts as
identified in the EIA during three implementation stages of project, - Pre-construction, -
Construction, and Operation Maintenance.
Each adverse impact during implantation stages is addressed in the EMP as follows: -

 Dredged Material Management Plan- Dust management- Top Soil Stripping, Storage and Reuse-


Noise and vibration management- Emergency Response Plan


Development of Hydro-meteorological station


Community Environmental Management Plan of Resettlement Sites (RS)


Tree Plantation and Greenbelt Development Plan.
Biodiversity Management Plan (Wildlife baseline monitoring including hilsha fish and Dolphin
migration monitoring)- Padma protected Sanctuary, Development of Visitor center- Resettlement


Action plans- Public Health Action Plan


Income and livelihood Restoration Plan
Formation of Environmental Enhancement Fund.

EMP includes Environmental Code of Practices to address all general construction related environmental
low impacts/risk of the PMBP.

1. Waste Management
2. Fuels and Hazardous Goods Management
3. Water Resources Management
4. Drainage Management
5. Soil Quality Management
6. Erosion and Sediment Control
7. Top Soil Management
 8. Topography and Landscaping
9. Borrow Areas Development & Operation
10. Air Quality Management
11. Noise and Vibration Management
12. Protection of Flora
13. Protection of Fauna
14. Protection of Fisheries
15. Road Transport and Road Traffic Management
16. River Transport management
17. Construction Camp Management
18. Cultural and Religious Issues
19. Workers Health and Safety

Ongoing Activities:

1. Environment, Occupational Health and Safety Monitoring: Periodic monitoring at all

construction sites (four Resettlement Sites, Construction Yards and Service Areas) is being carried
out to assess and evaluate for environmental compliance requirements are being met up.

Tree Plantation and Greenbelt Development at Resettlement Sites The MoU signed on 27 May
2012 between BBA, Ministry of Communications & Bangladesh Forest Department (DF),
Ministry of Environment and Forests regarding tree plantation in four resettlement sites. The
PMBP, BBA has disbursed about BDT 827,4130.20 and BDT 73,18,090 to DFOs at Dhaka and
Faridpur district respectively. Tree plantations at resettlement sites are completed and supervision
going on

Environmental Impact


About 295,072 trees loss (Excluding 485,074 bamboo and banna trees)


Crops 24,684 tons


Loss of fish breeding area about 767 ha, 12 ha fishing ponds will be filled up, etc.


Generate about 50 Million cubic meter dredge material from the river
Traffic congestion, safety hazards, noise pollution, sanitation, health and hygiene, waste
generation etc.

Environment Action Plan of the Project



Vol. 0: Executive Summary


vol. 1 a/b: EA/IEE for RS


vol. 2: Environmental Impact Assessment Report


vol. 3: Environmental Quality Baseline Monitoring Survey


vol. 4: Ecological Report


vol. 5: Factoring of Climate Change in the Design


vol. 6: Cumulative Impact Assessment
vol. 7: EA for Transmission Tower