Nagarbari-Aricha ferry service suspended
Nagarbari-Aricha ferry service remained suspended for the last two weeks following damage to Nagarbari ghat by floodwaters.
Many goods laden trucks and other vehicles have been stranded near the ferry ghat causing damage to goods, specially perishable ones.
The government is being deprived of between Tk 40,000 to 50,000 everyday, official sources said. On an average, 50 vehicles, mostly goods laden trucks, ply along the river route everyday, they said.
Workers are now engaged in shifting the ferry ghat to Pratappur point, 1.5 kilometre (KM) away Nagarbari ghat following its damage by floodwaters, said Md Abdur Rahman, a BIWTC official.
The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) workers are also repairing Nagarbari-Pratappur link road which was damaged by flood, said the BIWTC official.
On completion of shifting of the pontoon, ferry services will resume to and from Pratappur, the official said.
The ferry service was suspended on July 30.
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