Experimental Ferry Operation Begins at Shimulia-Kathalbari Route

The experimental ferry operation began on the Shimulia-Kathalbari route on Friday, as the service has been suspended since Thursday due to the navigability crisis.

A ferry named Kakali, carrying five trucks, left Shimulia ghat for Kathalbari ghat via Padma Bridge Channel this afternoon and returned to Shimulia ghat with vehicles, said Md Shafiqul Islam, AGM of the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA), reports BSS.

"We're doing our best to launch the service of the ferry. We're also going to carry out an experimental procedure on Saturday. But it's going to stay stopped in the night, "he said.

Ferry operations have been suspended since 9:30 a.m. on Thursday.