State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury called upon the people to keep journey restricted centering the Eid-ul-Azha without urgency to check the spread of deadly coronavirus.
He said this while presiding over a virtual meeting on movements of waters vessels and passengers’ safety on Wednesday on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha at the shipping ministry conference room, said a press release. The state minister said movements of trucks and covered-vans except the daily necessaries and animals-laden vehicles on ferries will be kept stopped five days before and three days after the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha.
Chowdhury also said movements of all kinds of freight ships, sand-laden bulkhead will be kept stopped after sunset while plying of those water vessels will remain stopped in day time as well five days before and after three days of the Eid-ul-Azha. He said launch and ferry operations will remain normal with maintaining health guidelines and social or physical distancing rules. Shipping Secretary Mohammad Mesbah Uddin Chowdhury, Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) Chairman Commodore Golam Sadeque, Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) Chairman Khaja Miah, Shipping Department Commodore Syed Ariful Islam, River Police Deputy Inspector General Md Atikul Islam, Bangladesh Inland Waterways Passenger Carriers Association Chairman Mahbub Uddin Ahmed and launch owners Saidur Rahman Rintu, Shahidul Islam Bhuiyan and Badiuzzaman Badal, among others, spoke at the meeting.
