Steamer runs aground on Meghna shoal
Dhaka bound rocket steamer PS Masud from Barisal with about 600 passengers, caught in a nor'western at around 11 pm Sunday night ran aground on a newly emerged shoal--Char Faruque-- in Meghna, about 30 kilometres south of Chandpur.
BIWTC official in Chandpur Iskander Chowdhury said, the big steamer remained stranded on the shoal for about 12 hours.
It arrived Chandpur terminal at around 1 pm yesterday. It was supposed to arrive here Saturday midnight.
The incident could be known when the steamer anchored the terminal.
NBR chairman Abdul Majid was among the passengers. The steamer left the shoal at about 10 am yesterday when there was full tide, some passengers said.
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