6-km tailback at Paturia ferry ghat
Jago News Desk Published: 1 September 2017, 06:46 AM
A six-kilometre long queue of vehicles was created at Patuira ferry ghat in Shivalaya upazila on Friday morning, causing sufferings to Eid holidaymakers.
Several hundred buses, private cars and microbuses got stuck with the homegoers on board at the ferry terminal, said Ajmal Hossain, deputy general manager (Aricha region) of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA), UNB reported.
Nineteen ferries are in operation at the ghat to carry the vehicles, goods and people, said Ajmal, adding that things will return to normalcy if all the ferries run smoothly.
