Ferry services on the Mawa-Kawrakandi route restarted on Wednesday morning after 12 hours of disruption due to inclement weather prevailing in the Padma River.Sirajul Islam, manager of Mawa office of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA), said 12 of the 16 ferries of Mawa-Kawrakandi ghat had been kept out of service since 7.00pm on Tuesday due to high waves and strong wind in the Padma, but the services were continued partly by only four big ferries.Due to the disruption, about 500 vehicles got stuck on both sides of the ghat.After the weather situation improved, ferry services were restarted at 7.00am today (Wednesday) and traffic jam also started to ease, the manager added. -UNB, Munshiganj
