The ferries plying on the Paturia-Daulatdia route were forced to cut down their capacity by more than fifty percent due to low navigability of Padma River. The transportation of goods-laden trucks has been suffering a huge setback due to the capacity reduction coupled with frequent suspension of ferry services on the
mawa-kawrakandi route
Touts cash in on ferry mess
Frequent suspension of ferry service on Paturia-Daulatdia and Mawa-Kawrakandi routes has been disrupting communication between Dhaka and 21 south-western districts for the last few days and some unscrupulous people are taking full advantage of the situation. Ferry service on both the routes was suspended for several hours yesterday since several
Ferry rescued after 17hrs
A ferry of Mawa-Kawrakandi route was rescued 17 hours after it ran aground in Padma with 24 vehicles carrying over 1,000 homebound people. Ro-Ro ferry Khan Jahan Ali got stuck at Kauliar Char in alternate channel Kobutor Khola around 9:00pm Tuesday, reports our Munshiganj