BSS-04 Ferry service on Paturia-Daulatdia route resumes

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FERRY-RESUMED

Ferry service on Paturia-Daulatdia route resumes

MANIKGANJ, Feb. 03(BSS)-Ferry service on Paturia-Daulatdia route resumed
today after five and a half hours of suspension due to dense fog.

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) sources said the
movement of ferries on the route came to a complete halt at 5 am due to poor
visibility as the dense fog blanketed the river bed.

Nearly 300 vehicles, including passenger buses, trucks and cars, were
stranded on Paturia ghat side of the route.

The sources said out of the total 16 ferries, seven were stranded on the
middle of the river. The ferry movement resumed at 10-30 am with
disappearance of the fog.

BSS/CORR/AKM 1205 hrs