DHAKA, Aug 17 (NNN-BSS) – People from Choto Ankujanpara Village, a small southern Bangladeshi river bank village, bursted into cheers and applause, as their narrow, unpaved street was reconstructed and widened with bituminous materials by PowerChina Barisal Electric Power Company Limited (BEPCL), a joint venture of Chinese and Bangladeshi enterprises.
On the day the reconstruction was completed, villagers walked on the new asphalt road and gave a big thumbs-up. They took pictures and posted them on social media to share the happiness with friends.
The Taltali Upazila sub-district lies in the Barguna district of the country’s southern Barisal Division, some 180 km south of Dhaka, a place where the Chinese company constructed a 350-megawatt power plant with its local partner.
“This is a road to prosperity for our village. From now on, it will be more convenient for us to sell agricultural products in the town,” said Kabir, chairman of the Taltali Upazila sub-district.
He said, the old road could only accommodate one car and it used to be muddy during the rainy season, making it difficult to drive and walk.
“The road condition was terrible in the past,” said a villager named Abul Hussein. He said, they used to raise money from every family to repair the road, but it still returned to a terrible condition every time during the rainy season.
“After being informed of the demand of local people, PowerChina Barisal Electric Power Company Limited (BEPCL) took up its social responsibility for the locality by immediately sending engineering technicians to survey the site and actively communicating with the local government about the solution,” said Shi Weiti, deputy director of the Engineering Technology Department of BEPCL.
Local residents called the reconstructed road “the road to safety, prosperity, and happiness.”– NNN-BSS
