Padma gobbles up Ro-Ro ferry terminal at Mawa Ghat

Newly reconstructed ro-ro ferry at Mawa Ghat was completely devoured again by Padma erosion on Monday.
Newly reconstructed ro-ro ferry at Mawa Ghat was completely devoured again by Padma erosion on Monday.
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UNB, Madaripur :The ro-ro ferry services on Mawa-Kawrakandi route remained suspended from Monday afternoon after the newly established ro-ro terminal at Mawa was devoured by the Padma River.BIWTA marine officer at Mawa M Shajahan said the mighty river gobbled up the terminal around 3pm yesterday, barely four days after it was newly established.The incident forced the authorities to suspend the ro-ro ferry services on the river route. The ro-ro ferry terminal was set anew up on August 28 following the collapse of the No-3 terminal on August 27.Meanwhile, the Padma was still flowing 34cm above the danger level on Monday although the water level marked a fall by 2cm.

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