Shariatpur-Chandpur ferry service resumes after 4 hrs

The ferry movement on the Shariatpur-Chandpur route has returned to normal after being closed for four and a half hours due to dense fog.

BIWTC Ghat Authority normalized the ferry service around 9 am on Sunday. Earlier, the ferry service on the route was stopped from 4:30 am.
BIWTC Narsinghpur Ferry Ghat manager Iqbal Hossain said dense fog appeared from Saturday night. To avoid accidents in the fog, ferries on this waterway were stopped from 4:30 am on Sunday.

Later, when the thick fog cleared, the ferry service was restored to normal around 9 am on Sunday. Currently, five ferries are plying on this route, he added.

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