Launch services from Sadarghat to southern regions remained suspended from Monday evening, December 29, like the previous night, due to dense fog.
The movement of all kinds of launches has been kept halted from Sadarghat to Chandpur and other southern districts, from 5:30 pm, as existing thick fog may intensify, a Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) press release said.
Earlier, the authorities halted the launch services from Sadarghat to the southern districts from Sunday evening, December 28, due to dense fog.
According to the weather forecast, moderate to thick fog may occur at many places over the country from midnight to morning, and it may continue at places till noon. Air navigation, inland river transport, and road communication may be temporarily disrupted due to thick fog.
The BIWTA decided this following the deaths of four people in a collision between two launches in the Meghna River in Chandpur due to heavy fog.
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