Dense fog forced nine ferries left from both ghats to anchor in the middle of
the river causing about 200 vehicles to spend the night in the middle of the river
Ferry services on the Daulatdia-Paturia and Shimulia-Kawrakandi routes came to a halt yesterday for several hours because of dense fog.
The ferry services between the Shimulia-Kawrakandi route along the Padma River resumed after five hours, causing tailback on both sides of the river, our Munshiganj correspondent reported.
Hundreds of vehicles, including perishable goods-laden truck, waited in long queues in the morning.
Assistant Manager of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) in charge of Shimulia pontoon Shekhar Chandra Roy said they had been compelled to suspend the ferry services around 4am due to thick fog.
“We started ferry services around 9am,” he said.
Dense fog forced nine ferries left from both ghats to anchor in the middle of the river causing about 1,000 passengers and 200 vehicles to spend the night in the middle of the river.
“About 200 hundred vehicles got stuck on both sides because of the disruption, creating immense suffering to the commuters,” he added.
Meanwhile, ferry services on the Daulatdia-Paturia route along the Padma River resumed in the morning after a four-hour disruption for thick fog, reports UNB.
Mahiuddin Rasel, manager of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) at Aricha, said the ferry services as well as the plying of other water vessels came to a halt at 4am due to blurred visibility caused by dense fog.
Two ferries with a large number of vehicles and passengers were kept anchored at Daulatdia while three were at Paturia.
Eleven ferries stood in the middle of the Padma river since 4am.
Passengers and a good number of vehicles were waiting to cross on either side of the river.
Ferry services on the important route resumed around 8am as fog started disappearing after sunrise.
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