Due to dense fog, the authorities have stopped the ferry service on the Paturia-Daulatdia route.
On Tuesday (January 16), ferries were stopped from 1:30 am to avoid accidents in the route area.
Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation Aricha Office Commercial Department Manager Salam Hossain said that since Tuesday evening, heavy fog started falling in the Paturia-Daulatdia route area and the light of the ferry's marking lights became obscured at midnight.
Due to this, there was a risk of accidents in ferry traffic in the route area. Due to which the authorities have stopped the ferry service on the Paturia-Daulatdia route. Salam Hossain said that once the fog subsides in the river area, ferry traffic will be normal again