Over Tk4.80 crore was collected in toll from 44,033 vehicles on the Padma Bridge on Friday, ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.

Bridges Division Senior Secretary Md Monjur Hossain said this while inspecting Padma Bridge's Mawa end in Louhajang upazila on Saturday.

The homebound people are going to their destinations through the Mawa end of Munshiganj, the entrance of the southern part of the country, by using various vehicles on the Padma Bridge.

The bridge was opened to traffic on 26 June 2022 as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the multipurpose bridge on 25 June.