Fog disrupts ferry, traffic movement in two days

Our Manikganj Correspondent reports: Ferry and launch services on Daulatdia-Paturia-Nagarbari routes were suspended for five hours on Sunday, according to officials in Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC), Paturia.

Three ferries-Shah Paran, Shah Ali and Shah Mokhdum with passengers and other transport vehicles were stranded mid-stream of the Padma for several hours.

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More than 1,000 vehicles with about 40,000 passengers including women and children suffered a lot as they were stranded on both sides of the Padma at Daulatdia-Paturia point for five hours.

About 400 vehicles from Dhaka lined up at Paturia in Manikganj and 500 vehicles lined up at Daulatdia in Rajbari.

Our Barisal Correspondent reports: Dense fog disrupted movement of transport vehicles and water vessels in the southern region on Saturday.

As a result, sufferings of hundreds of passengers including children, elderly people and women multiplied due food and drinking water crisis and sanitation problem.