At the terminal, the correspondent found that a large number of passengers were boarding the ferries, leaving very little room for vehicles. Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation’s (BIWTC) Aricha ferry sector Deputy General Manager Sheikh Md Nasim admitted that things were going out of hand. Gorai highway police station’s Officer-in-Charge (OC) Khalilur Rahman however, claimed that traffic had not stopped anywhere on the highway. A large number of home-bound passengers were gathered at the Shimulia terminal to cross the Padma river yesterday morning. A total of 18 ferries, including five Roro (Roll On-Roll Off) ferries, were engaged in carrying the vehicles across.

Source: Dhaka Tribune September 09, 2016 19:41 UTC