Water transport services resume on Shimulia-Banglabazar route

The ferry and launch services resumed on the Shimulia-Banglabazar route today after remaining halted for around one and half hours due to inclement weather. 

More than 300 vehicles were stranded on the ghats both sides of the route in the meantime, reports our Munshiganj correspondent quoting Md Shafiqul Islam, deputy general manager of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC), Shimulia.

The ferry services were halted around 1:15 pm and the launch service was closed around 12:45 said the BIWTC DGM.

Due to the closure of the ferry, more than two hundred vehicles were waiting in the ghat area including private cars and ambulances, the official said.

However, the water transport services resumed after the weather got better, he added.

"At least 80 launches had to halt operation due to the weather," said Md Shahadat Hossain, assistant director of Shimulia River Port.

"The speedboat movement was also halted on the route due to rain," he added.