UNB, Bhola: All passenger launch and sea-truck services on 10 major routes, including Bhola-Lakshmipur and others, remained suspended on Monday due to adverse weather triggered by the depression in the Bay of Bengal.
Md Jasim Uddin, transport inspector of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA), Bhola, said that although launch and sea-truck services had resumed last Thursday after a 7-day suspension, operations have again been halted due to inclement weather.
Earlier, the maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist local cautionary signal no. three due to low pressure area steep pressure gradient lies over North Bay and adjoining area.
Meanwhile, heavy downpour has been continuing since midnight in Bhola, forcing the authorities to suspend the launch and sea-truck services.
Md Moniruzzaman, an official at the Bhola Meteorological Office, said that the Met office has recorded 43.3 millimeters of rainfall in the past 24 hours.
Passenger vessels on 10 routes—including Ilisha to Lakshmipur and Monpura to Dhaka—have been suspended, causing immense suffering to travelers.
However, ferry services on the Bhola-Ilisha route remain operational.
