UNB, Bagerhat :
The salvage of the sunken fertilizer-carrying cargo vessel from the Bhola River at the Sarankhola range of the Sundarbans West Zone appears uncertain as none of the authorities concerned could say who and when will salvage it.
Sundarbans east zone Sharankhola range assistant conservator of forest (ACF) Kamaluddin said he talked to the representative of the vessel owner over phone who informed that they visited the spot but could not say who will rescue the sunken vessel.
Joint director of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority
(BIWTA) Khulna, AKM Abul Bashar said as the cargo vessel sank far from the main channel, the vessel owner will have to salvage it. “But they have not responded yet despite repeated calls for removing it,” he added.
Meanwhile, Forest Department engaged 15-16 workers on Saturday who removed part of the remaining fertilizers from inside the sunken cargo with a dredger machine, said Md Amir Hossain Chowdhury, Sundarbans east zone departmental forest officer and member secretary of the inquiry committee formed by the Environment and Forest Ministry.
A meeting of the inquiry committee will be held on Monday, he said.
Although the Forest Department filed a case against four people, including the vessel owner, no one has been arrested yet in this connection.
The salvage of the sunken fertilizer-carrying cargo vessel from the Bhola River at the Sarankhola range of the Sundarbans West Zone appears uncertain as none of the authorities concerned could say who and when will salvage it.
Sundarbans east zone Sharankhola range assistant conservator of forest (ACF) Kamaluddin said he talked to the representative of the vessel owner over phone who informed that they visited the spot but could not say who will rescue the sunken vessel.
Joint director of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority
(BIWTA) Khulna, AKM Abul Bashar said as the cargo vessel sank far from the main channel, the vessel owner will have to salvage it. “But they have not responded yet despite repeated calls for removing it,” he added.
Meanwhile, Forest Department engaged 15-16 workers on Saturday who removed part of the remaining fertilizers from inside the sunken cargo with a dredger machine, said Md Amir Hossain Chowdhury, Sundarbans east zone departmental forest officer and member secretary of the inquiry committee formed by the Environment and Forest Ministry.
A meeting of the inquiry committee will be held on Monday, he said.
Although the Forest Department filed a case against four people, including the vessel owner, no one has been arrested yet in this connection.
