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Ferry services on Aricha-Kazirhat and Paturia-Daulatdia river routes in Manikganj resumed on Friday morning after nine hours of suspension due to dense fog. Nasir Chowdhury, deputy general manager of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) in Aricha sector, said the ferry services resumed at 10:30am after the fog cleared.
Earlier, he said the fog intensified in the Padma and Jamuna rivers' basins starting from midnight, forcing them to suspend the ferry services at 1:30am.
The suspension caused four ferries stuck in the middle of the both rivers and over 500 vehicles at the terminals. During this time, four ferries-Borkot, Kopoti, and Khan Jahan Ali, and Chitra got stuck in the middle of the rivers.
Moreover, six ferries remained stuck at the Paturia terminal, four at the Daulatdia, and three at the Aricha, all carrying passengers and vehicles, according to terminal authorities. Currently, over 500 vehicles were stuck at the four ferry terminals, with over 400 freight trucks, they said.
Nasir said they allowed passenger buses, private cars, microbuses, ambulances to cross the river on the priority basis after the fogs lifted.
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