Plan to run vessel service with Malaysia
The government plans to introduce water vessel between Bangladesh and Malaysia to ease communication between the two countries.
While speaking as the chief guest at the inaugural ceremony of a new water vessel at the Sadarghat launch terminal yesterday, Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan said this.
A number of people of the two countries visit each-other regularly. That is why, the government was planning to introduce water vessels on the Chittagong- Penang route, he added.
The government is mulling over building of more shipyards in the southern region, he said.
Recently an Indian business delegation during a courtesy meeting with the minister proposed that a shipyard be established in Bangladesh in joint venture, he added.
The minister urged all the stakeholders to keep the riverine transport sector above politics for ensuring better service to the people.
He also blamed all previous governments before 1996 for not purchasing any dredger.
“Shortage of high-powered dredger is the key reason for losing navigability of our rivers. We are trying our best to restore navigability. We are encouraging private sector to purchase more dredgers,” he said.
Former energy minister and former army chief Lt Col (retd) Nuruddin Khan, former chairman of Privatisation Commission Enam Ahmed Chowdhury, Highspeed Group of Companies chairman KM Mahmud-ur-Rahman, among others spoke there.
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