Dhaka, April 30 -- Between two stretches of farmland stands a bridge that cost Tk 340 million. It was finished, but due to the complications of land acquisition, no service road leads to it. In the two years since it was finished, the structure has never brought any benefit to the residents of Manikganj.

Contractor firm Orient Trading and Builders and Kohinoor Enterprise were chosen to construct a bridge over the Kaliganga River in Baikunthapur in Ghior Upazila when the government floated a tender notice in 2018, according to the Local Government Engineering Department.

The construction was scheduled to end in February 2020, as per the tender, but the deadline was extended twice. Finally, the deadline was pushed to February 2022, but th...