Ferry services on Mawa-Kawrakandi and Paturia-Daulatdia river routes and some domestic flights across the country were disrupted by thick fog, officials said yesterday.
They said the services were disrupted for hours because of poor visibility caused by dense fog.
Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation’s Dhaka Control Room officials said ferry services on Mawa-Kawrakandi route was halted from 2:30am to 9am am and Paturia-Daulatdia were stopped for three hours from 6am to 9am that resulted in a long traffic tailback at the ferry and launch terminals.
The disruption to ferry services led to a four-five kilometre tailback in Paturia ghat area in Manikganj.
Five ferries namely Kopoti, Shah Ali, Barkat, Amanat Shah and Hamidur Rahman remained stranded in the middle of the river Padma.
Mohiuddin Rasel, manager, BIWTC Aricha Terminal, said they kept ferry services and water vessels suspended from about 6am because of poor visibility.
“Three flights of Novo, Regent and United Airways were scheduled to reach Chittagong airport from Dhaka by 8:30am, but due to fog none could fly,” said the Airport Manager Noor-E-Alam.