Fresh cracks at Mawa terminal 3
Body recovered from river
Work goes on in full swing as authorities have taken initiative to set up three new terminals at Mawa in Munshiganj district after serious erosion by the Padma River forced closure of two ferry terminals and threatened the remaining one at the important ferry station during the last couple of days. Photo: STAR
Body of a man who went missing along with five others on October 14 when the Padma washed away Mawa ferry terminal No. 1, was recovered yesterday morning. Local people found the body of Jalu Shikder, 50, floating in the river at Hasail in Tongibari upazila of the district and informed police. Six people, including Jalu, went missing in the river when a big chunk of earth collapsed in the terminal area due to the erosion. Five of them are still untraced. Meanwhile, the authorities may have to stop ferry services on Mawa-Kawrakandi route anytime again as new cracks developed at terminal No. 3, said SM Ashiquzzaman, assistant general manager of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA). After a seven-hour halt from 9:00am on Tuesday, the ferry services on the route resumed partially following completion of repair work of the terminal. Earlier the operation stopped as a 120-foot deep hole developed along terminal No. 3. The authorities stopped services through the other two terminals due to severe erosion and only the terminal No. 3 remained operational. The authorities said, work on three new terminals near Rishibari in Mawa, at Mawa intersection and on Bhagyakul road of Kabutarkhana was going on in full swing.
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