Ferry services on the Aricha-Kazirhat route resumed on Monday after more than nine hours of disruption due to dense fog,
Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) official sources said.
BIWTC Paturiaghat Deputy General Manager (DGM) Shah Mohammad Khaled Newaz told BSS, the dense fog blanketed the river beds of the river Jamuna and the Padma after the 10.15am and the movement of ferries between Aricha and Kazirhat was suspended, adding that the ferry movement in between Paturia and Daulatdia was suspended from 12.15am midnight.
Seven ferries Mauna, Shah Enayetpuri, Khan Jahan Ali, Keramat Ali, Madhobilota, Faridpur, and Bir Shrestha Hamidur Rahman were anchored at Paturiaghat loaded with vehicles and passengers, four ferries Shah Paran, Shaheed Borkat, Rojonigandha and Hasna Hena were at Daulatdiaghat and Bonolota was in the middle of the Padma.
The DGM said the ferry movement between Paturia and Daulatdia resumed after 6. 25am and Arich and Kazirhat resumed after 7.30am when the fog disappeared.
