According to a recently published report, collisions have accounted for 61.72% of all waterway accidents from 2008 to 2019. This is not something that a country with the ambitions of Bangladesh should have to suffer from. Bangladesh has always been a riverine country, so it would be expected that at least the waterways would be safe from accidents and mismanagement. And with our developmental goals and the blue economy strategy that we aim to implement, this much risk in our waterways cannot be tolerated. The authorities need to fix this, and they need to fix this fast.

Source: Dhaka Tribune January 07, 2022 02:40 UTC