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Fog fades in Meghna River, ferry services resume
The ferry services between Chandpur’s Horinia Ghat and Shariatpur’s Alur Bazar Ghat resumed after 10 hours of suspension due to the thick fog in the Meghna River.
Faisal Alam Chowdhury, manager of Horinia Ferry Ghat at Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC), said the ferry services resumed around 10 am after the fog cleared.
Earlier at 12am, the BIWTC was forced to suspend the ferry services between the ghats to ward off any unwanted incident amid the poor visibility.
The suspension caused a good number of light, medium, and heavy cargo vehicles stuck on both sides of the ferry ghat, reports UNB.
People didn’t come out of their homes unless emergency as the thick fog blanked the district headquarters and surroundings.
Ali Azgar, supervisor of launch operators at Chandpur Ghat, said that the launch schedule from Chandpur to Dhaka collapsed due to poor visibility.
Three scheduled launches from Chandpur Ghat to Dhaka could not leave at 6am, 7am, and 8am, according to the staff members of those launches.
Moreover, launches coming from Dhaka to Chandpur were also delayed, with several passenger launches, including Sonar Tari, Meghna Rani, and Hasan Imam, still stuck in the river due to the dense fog.
They are moving very slowly, and it will take several more hours to reach the Chandpur Ghat, according to the launch supervisors.
Shah Mohammad Shoaib, meteorologist of Chandpur's weather office, said that they recorded on Thursday a temperature of 15.6°C, a six degree Celsius fall compared to Wednesday.