Steamer Partly Sinks
500 passengers escape unhurt
Passengers of Barisal-bound steamer MV Sela, which faced an accident at Chandpur terminal on Saturday night, head for their destination on own initiative to avoid the tiresome and indefinite wait for the next steamer.Photo: STAR
Around 500 passengers of BIWTC steamer MV Sela narrowly escaped a major disaster after front part of the steamer sank in the Dakatia River at Chandpur terminal following cracks on the bottom Saturday night. MV Sela started its journey towards Barisal from Dhaka at around 6:30pm and reached Chandpur port at around 11:30pm, sources said. As the steamer tried to make its way to the anchor at the terminal, it hit already anchored steamer MV Masud and cracks developed on the bottom of the deck of MV Sela. Seeing water entering the steamer, the passengers jumped into the river, nearby boats and anchored steamer MV Masud and reached the terminal and shore safely. There was nor reports of casualties or missing as of filing this report yesterday. The accident left a good number of Barisal bound passengers of the MV Sela into trouble as they had to wait at the river port amid sufferings for food and rest. When asked, the authorities of MV Sela told this correspondent that they would arrange the passengers' boarding into another steamer by the late night of yesterday.
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