Eid special steamer service from Thursday

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) will start a 13-day special steamer service for Eid passengers from Thursday (July 24). A BIWTC official said the special steamer service will start from the Dhaka-end on the occasion of Holy Eid-ul-Fitr with five vessels in operation. The Eid special service of BIWTC vessels along with regular services will continue till August 5, said M A Matin, deputy general manager (commercial/passenger and ferry) of the BIWTC. Barisal  and Narayanganj BIWTC stations have been asked  to provide special tugboats and piloting services and be prepared to face any emergency calls, the BIWTC  official said. BIWTC sources said five BIWTC vessels, including peddle wheel steamers – PS Ostrich, PS Lepcha, PS Mahsud and PS Turn – and screw wheel motor vessel MV Banglaee, have been placed to carry passengers to their respective destinations connecting Chandpur, Barisal, Jhalakathi, Hularhut of Pirojpur and Morelganj of Bagerhat districts under this special schedule. Every day at least one regular and one special vessel would be placed into service to connect different destinations of the routes for the homebound Eid passengers, another BIWTC official said, according to a news agency.