Ferry service in Meghna for heavy vehicles from Feb 1
Concerned with the vulnerable condition of Meghna Bridge on the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway, the government decided to introduce ferry service on the Meghna river for passing the heavy vehicles from February 1, Communications Minister Obaidul Quader said yesterday.
He said all kinds of heavy vehicles including loaded trucks and cargoes will have to cross the river using the ferry service while light vehicles, passenger buses and empty vehicles will pass the river over the bridge.
Inaugurating a loading control machine near the Meghna Bridge yesterday, the minister said, “The construction work of a ferry ghat near the bridge will be completed within three days and five ferries are ready for use at the moment while another one will join from next week.”
He said the Meghna Bridge linking road communication between Dhaka and Chittagong is now under threat.
Quader also inaugurated 27 speed-controlling machines to keep a check on the speed of vehicles and 24 alcohol-detective machines. These machines would be used by Highway Police to take action against the rule violators.
He urged all to work sincerely to carry out the development works smoothly and to repair the bridges and roads to curtail traffic congestion on the highway.
He added that all sorts of development works in the country should be kept aloof from party politics. “We may have difference in thinking, but we need to act unitedly in the question of development works.”
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