32 vessels with fertiliser, fuel remain stuck in Jamuna
Sunday, 24 January 2010
PABNA, Jan 23 (UNB): No vessels and barges loaded with fertiliser, fuel and rice could reach Baghabari port for the last 18 days due to poor navigability in the river Jamuna, virtually brining the activities of the port into a halt.
Sources said that a total of 32 vessels and barges remained stuck at shoals in different places of the river, disrupting supply of the essentials through the port.
The river channel has become unfit for plying of the cargo vessels as a large number of shoals have emerged for lack of proper dredging in the river.
Baghabari Depot of Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation sources said that 17 shallow draft tankers with 6.2 million (62 lakh) litres of fuel oil and another 15 vessels with fertiliser and other essential items got stuck at Shibalaya of Manikganj, and Penchakhola, Mohanganj, Nakalia and Koitola in Pabna at this time of winter.
Boro cultivation will be badly hampered in the northern region as the supply of fertiliser and fuel is being affected with the navigability problem.
The depot sources said that on an average 2.7 million litres of fuel oil, mostly diesel, are being supplied to 16 districts of the region daily.
Sources said that a total of 32 vessels and barges remained stuck at shoals in different places of the river, disrupting supply of the essentials through the port.
The river channel has become unfit for plying of the cargo vessels as a large number of shoals have emerged for lack of proper dredging in the river.
Baghabari Depot of Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation sources said that 17 shallow draft tankers with 6.2 million (62 lakh) litres of fuel oil and another 15 vessels with fertiliser and other essential items got stuck at Shibalaya of Manikganj, and Penchakhola, Mohanganj, Nakalia and Koitola in Pabna at this time of winter.
Boro cultivation will be badly hampered in the northern region as the supply of fertiliser and fuel is being affected with the navigability problem.
The depot sources said that on an average 2.7 million litres of fuel oil, mostly diesel, are being supplied to 16 districts of the region daily.