Fog disrupts road, river communications
Visibility level fell significantly as a blanket of dense fog descended on the capital yesterday. The photo was taken at Farmgate around 4:00pm. Photo: Rashed Shumon
Dense fog and clouds enveloped the country, especially the northern region, yesterday, disrupting road and river communications and causing suffering to passengers. Ferry services over Mawa-Kawrakandi and Paturia-Daulatdia routes remained suspended for over 10 hours and the sun became visible around noon in most places, reports our Munshiganj and Manikganj correspondents. Our Rangpur correspondent reports, weather conditions might discourage a spontaneous voter turnout in the first-ever Rangpur city corporation election today. The situation would remain unchanged for three more days in all six divisions, especially in river and port areas, while night temperatures might drop slightly, says the met office. The cold wave may continue for five to six days but temperatures will not come down below 10 degree Celsius, said Rasheduzzaman, a meteorologist of Bangladesh Meteorological Department. The first cold spell is likely to hit in the last week of December, he added. Six ferries on Mawa-Kawrakandi route, carrying around 1,000 passengers, anchored in mid-Padma around 10:30pm on Tuesday due to poor visibility, said Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) Assistant Manager Shekhar Chandra. This caused around 400 vehicles to remain stuck on both Mawa and Kawrakandi terminals till around 8:45am yesterday. Four ferries on Daulatdia-Paturia route also anchored in mid-river around 10:00pm on Tuesday due to thick fog, said BIWTC Manager (commerce) Ashraf Ullah Khan. Four others waited at Daulatdia terminal while three at Paturia terminal till around 8:30am yesterday. Meanwhile, around 500 vehicles were stuck on both sides, he said.
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