Local residents trying to salvage the sunken launch Pinak-6 that capsized in the middle of the Padma River on August 4. The picture was taken near Mawa Ferry Ghat Sunday. — FE Photo
Rescuers have decided to reduce the number of vessels looking for Pinak-6 to four, as focus shifts to ascertaining whether a metallic object, detected on the Padma River bed at Mawa, is the sunken passenger ferry, reports bdnews24.com.
All other vessels of Navy, Coastguards, BIWTA and fire service have been withdrawn.
"Jarip-10, Kandari-2, Rustam and Nirbhik will take part in the main rescue work," Munshiganj Deputy Commissioner Saiful Hasan Badal told the media on Sunday.
Survey vessel Jarip-10 and tugboat Kandari-2 will continue to ascertain whether a metal object, located on Saturday on Padma River bed near Mawa, is Pinak-6.
The object is roughly the length of the sunken ferry that went down on Aug 4 with over 300 people on board.
Rescue ship Rustam and Nirbhik will standby for salvage operations.
Once it is possible to anchor the metallic object, the rescue ships will try to pull it to the shore.
However, divers will continue to look for bodies.
Padma's current was flowing at a speed of up to six nautical miles but divers can usually operate in currents flowing between 1-1.5 nautical miles.
"It's not possible for them to work in the current situation," the DC said.
"They will be able to resume work once the current drops."
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