Senior Correspondent, bdnews24.com Published: 28 Dec 2020 12:37 AM BdST Updated: 28 Dec 2020 12:37 AM BdST The constructors needed to change the design after finding soft soil below 22 piers. Later, they decided to raise the amount of piles on the consultant’s advice. The change delayed the construction by around a year. The coronavirus pandemic, an unprecedented crisis that has upended the world in 2020, has slowed Bangladesh's journey on the ‘highway of development’, but not thrown the country off track. "); } The construction of major infrastructures under government’s mega projects, such as the Padma Bridge, Dhaka Metro Rail and Karnaphuli tunnel, lost speed due to lockdown restrictions imposed to the prevent further spread of the virus. Many of the foreign workers and engineers also went back to their home.