Mongla Port
Mongla Seaport is situated in the south-western part of Bangladesh. The previous name of this port was Chalna Port. During the Pakistan period this was an ideal anchorage port & due to its location near the jute mills in Khulna, it was the busiest port handling jute & jute goods. But after liberation due to sinking of various kinds of vessels the port's navigability has been affected, as the wreckage of vessels at the port could not be removed.
Now due to poor & shallow navigability, though a few feeder vessels are calling on the port, foreign owners of the vessels are too scared about their feeder vessels running aground at or around the port. With the change of government, a commitment was made to purchase a permanent dredger for Mongla Port authorities for carrying out regular dredging.
But nothing has been done so far.
I hope that a master plan for improvement of Mongla Port will be adopted & accordingly foreign consultants will be appointed to prepare a long term plan to use this port, so that before the completion of "The Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project " it will be able to increase its draught & the channels, berthing facilities etc for smooth operation.
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