Ferry plying on the Maowa-Kewrakandi river route remained suspended for over nine hours till Tuesday morning due to dense fog.
Sirajul Haq, manager of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) at Maowa ghat, said ferry movement on the river route was stopped around 1:45am am due to poor visibility caused by dense fog. The ferry service was later restored at 10:30 am. Nine ferries with several hundred vehicles on board were forced to anchor at the mid point of the Padma River, he said. The suspension of the ferry service caused severe traffic jam on both sides of the river ghat, causing immense suffering to the passengers. -UNB, Munshiganj
