Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation is incurring a loss of about Tk 16 lakh a day for the last one week due to the disruption of ferry services on Paturia-Daulatdia route in the Padma for poor navigability, BIWTC officials said.
The ferries now carry vehicles less than half their capacity.
A Roll-on Roll-off (Ro Ro) ferry now carries 8-10 vehicles against about 24 it normally ferries. This has forced goods-laden trucks to stand in queues for at least three days, said Abdul Matin, BIWTC deputy general manager at Aricha terminal.
Nine Ro Ro ferries and a K-type one now operating on Paturia-Daulatdia route risk damage to their propulsion systems costing crores of taka, he said.
Asked about dredging the ferry channel, Tarequl Hasan, executive engineer (dredging) of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority at Aricha, said they engaged two dredgers on Sunday night for making a permanent approach channel to Daulatdia terminal. He however said one of the dredgers went out of operation for technical faults Monday morning.
Meanwhile, a K-type (small) ferry carrying nine vehicles ran aground near Daulatdia terminal soon after it sailed in the early hours of Monday.
The vessel was salvaged about nine hours later.
The ferries now carry vehicles less than half their capacity.
A Roll-on Roll-off (Ro Ro) ferry now carries 8-10 vehicles against about 24 it normally ferries. This has forced goods-laden trucks to stand in queues for at least three days, said Abdul Matin, BIWTC deputy general manager at Aricha terminal.
Nine Ro Ro ferries and a K-type one now operating on Paturia-Daulatdia route risk damage to their propulsion systems costing crores of taka, he said.
Asked about dredging the ferry channel, Tarequl Hasan, executive engineer (dredging) of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority at Aricha, said they engaged two dredgers on Sunday night for making a permanent approach channel to Daulatdia terminal. He however said one of the dredgers went out of operation for technical faults Monday morning.
Meanwhile, a K-type (small) ferry carrying nine vehicles ran aground near Daulatdia terminal soon after it sailed in the early hours of Monday.
The vessel was salvaged about nine hours later.
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