Goods-laden vehicles and commuters face heavy tailback at the Daulatdia ferry terminal as seen on Sunday, October 10, 2021 Collected
Rashedul Hasan, Rajbari
Publish : 11 Oct 2021, 03:38 PMUpdate : 11 Oct 2021, 03:38 PM
Hauliers are counting losses over the past week due to the long tailbacks at Rajbari’s Daulatdia ferry terminal to cross the Padma River.
On Sunday, trucks, carrying both perishable and non-perishable goods, have been reported to wait as much as 24 hours to make the crossing at one of the busiest ferry stations in the country.
Terminal authorities, however, are prioritizing the crossing of passenger vehicles.
Tailbacks of cargo vehicles have stretched from to Daulatdia UP point on the Dhaka-Khulna highway. As long as 6km to 8km queues of vehicles were seen almost every day over the past week, with gridlocks beginning especially in the evening.
Taleb Sheikh, a Meghna terminal bound truck driver from Satkhira, said he has been waiting almost 24 hours for crossing the river, as he waited as far as one and a half kilometres away from the terminal itself.
Efforts are underway to dissolve the congestion, said Daulatdia Terminal’s Manager Shihab Uddin, adding that this tailback is a common scenario.
Commuter buses and vehicles with perishable goods are being passed on a priority basis, said the official of the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) .
Another truck driver from Magura, Shahin Sheikh, complained about how the situation has always been the same. “Who knows when this problem will be solved,” regretted Shahin.
Long truck queues at Daulatdia ferry terminal
Hauliers are counting losses over the past week due to the long tailbacks at Rajbari’s Daulatdia ferry terminal to cross the Padma River.
On Sunday, trucks, carrying both perishable and non-perishable goods, have been reported to wait as much as 24 hours to make the crossing at one of the busiest ferry stations in the country.
Terminal authorities, however, are prioritizing the crossing of passenger vehicles.
Tailbacks of cargo vehicles have stretched from to Daulatdia UP point on the Dhaka-Khulna highway. As long as 6km to 8km queues of vehicles were seen almost every day over the past week, with gridlocks beginning especially in the evening.
Taleb Sheikh, a Meghna terminal bound truck driver from Satkhira, said he has been waiting almost 24 hours for crossing the river, as he waited as far as one and a half kilometres away from the terminal itself.
Efforts are underway to dissolve the congestion, said Daulatdia Terminal’s Manager Shihab Uddin, adding that this tailback is a common scenario.
Commuter buses and vehicles with perishable goods are being passed on a priority basis, said the official of the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) .
Another truck driver from Magura, Shahin Sheikh, complained about how the situation has always been the same. “Who knows when this problem will be solved,” regretted Shahin.