BSS-05 Ferry service resumes on Shimulia-Kathalbari route

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Ferry service resumes on Shimulia-Kathalbari route

MUNSHIGANJ, Feb 03, 2018 (BSS) – The ferry service on Shimulia-Kathalbari
route resumed this morning after 8:30 hours suspension due to thick fog on
the route.

Assistant General Manager (AGM) of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport
Corporation (BIWTC) of Shimulia, Shah Neaz Khaled said the ferry movement was
suspended from 2:30am due to poor visibility.

About 700 vehicles, including buses, trucks and cars, remained stranded at
both ends of the important route, he added.

However, the ferry service resumed around 11am as fog started disappearing
with the sunrise.

BSS/CORR/MR/1236 hrs