BANGLADESH

The government has formed two taskforces for monitoring the action taken to ease ferry movement on Paturia-Daulatdia and Mawa-Kawrakandi routes and preserve waterway.
The bodies, each consisting of six members, have been formed following frequent disruptions in ferry movement on the two routes due to low navigability and hidden shoals in the Padma river, said an official release Monday.
The committee members were asked to stay at their respective ghats until situation on the river route becomes normal.
Engineer Firoz Ahmed, member of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA), has been made convener of the taskforce formed to monitor Paturia-Daulatdia route while engineer Gyan Ranjan Shill director (admin) of BIWTA, for Mawa-Kawrakandi route.