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Fog disrupts ferry services

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Ferry services on the two major routes of the country have faced trouble overnight due to dense fog, creating gridlocks on the piers.


In this reason many people faced problen to goto their destination.

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) Kewrakandi pier manager M A Baten said ferry operation on the Mawa-Kewrakandi route stopped around 11pm on Sunday.

Five ferries anchored in the mid-river that time while five others remained stuck in the pier overnight.

The ferries resumed services around 8:30am on Monday, he added.

BIWTC Paturia pier manager Ashraf Ullah Khan said a ferry got stuck on the pier while five at Daulatdia around 11:30pm on Sunday.

Four other ferries also got stuck in the middle of the river until the fog eased around 8am on Monday, he added.

Pier officials said about 2.5 kilometres of gridlock had been created on the Dhaka-Paturia highway due to the disruption of the ferry services.

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