Online Desk :
The ferry movement on Paturia-Daulatdia route today resumed after three hours of suspension due to dense fog.
Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC), Paturia ghat sources said the ferry movement in the Padma river was disrupted from the midnight as
the river route was covered with dense fog.
Later, at 6 am, the ferry plying was suspended to avoid the untoward incident, they said, adding that all the ferries anchored at both the Paturia
and Daulatdia ghats.
The ferry movement resumed at 9 am when the dense fog disappeared, the sources said.
BIWTC Paturia ghat Assistant Manager (Commerce) Mohiuddin Rusel said all of 16 ferries are plying now to ease the traffic at the ghat.
The Private cars and trucks loaded with perishable goods are being ferried on priority basis.
