Ferry services on the Shimulia-Kawrakandi route in the Padma River resumed after nine hours of disruption caused by dense fog on Thursday morning.
Shekhar Chandra Roy, assistant manager of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) at Shimulia ghat, said they kept suspended ferry services and plying of the water vessels from 11:30 pm on Wednesday to 8:30 am on Thursday due to blurred visibility caused by dense fog.Ten ferries with a large number of vehicles and passengers remained stranded in the mid-river from 11:30 pm on Wednesday.Several hundred vehicles were kept waiting on both sides of the river for crossing.However, ferry services resumed around 8:30am on Thursday as fog disappeared. -UNB, Munshiganj
