Ferry services resume on Aricha-Kazirhat route after 56 hours

MANIKGANJ, Nov 11 (UNB): Ferry services on the Aricha-Kazirhat route resumed on Monday after being suspended for 56 hours.

The ferry services on the Aricha-Kazirhat route remained suspended from 6 am on Saturday due to poor navigability, leaving a number of goods-laden vehicles stranded on both sides of the river.

Abu Abdullah, Manager of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC), Aricha office, said a dredging unit of BIWTA conducted dredging and resumed the operation of the ferry services around 1pm on Monday.

Three ferries named-Ferry Chitra, Dhanshiri and Shah Ali resumed operation with 11 trucks on board, each.

Later, two more ferries-Khan Jahan Ali and Birsreshtha Ruhul Amin-left from Aricha ghat.

Currently, five ferries are operational on the route and eight feet of navigability is needed in the river to cross ferries, he said.