Mawa-Kawrakandi Route
Ferry services resume after 8 hrs
A ferry carries vehicles and passengers through alternative Louhajang-Naodoba-Hazrah channel yesterday, as ferry service on Mawa-Kawrakandi route got suspended following grounding of Ro-Ro ferry Shah Makhdum at Kabutarkhola due to low navigability on Sunday evening.Photo: STAR
Ferry services on Mawa-Kawrakandi route resumed yesterday morning after a disruption of over eight hours. BIWTC sources said ferry services on the route remained suspended from 8 pm Sunday to 5 am yesterday after Ro-Ro ferry Shah Makhdum got stuck at Kabutarkhola dredging point in Kabutarkhola-Kaulia Channel with 31 vehicles due to low navigability. Though the ferry was salvaged at about 3:30am yesterday, ferry services on the channel remained suspended as there was only six feet water in place of six and a half feet needed for plying ferry. Later at 5am yesterday, ferry services on alternative channel -- Louhajang-Naodoba-Hazra -- resumed and it will be used till the navigation problem is resolved. Sirajul Haque, manager of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) at Mawa, said around 400 vehicles got stranded on both the terminals of the Padma River due to the ferry service disruption. The situation created long tailbacks on both sides of the route, causing immense sufferings to hundreds of passengers for about eight hours.
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