Ferry services on Aricha-Kazirhat and Paturia-Daulatdia routes in Manikganj resumed on Thursday morning after seven and ten hours of suspension respectively due to dense fog.
Nasir Chowdhury, deputy general manager of Aricha Sector of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation, said that the ferry services resumed around at about 10:30am.
BIWTC authorities said that ferry services on the Paturia-Daulatdia route in the River Padma remained suspended from 3:00am and the Aricha-Kazirhat route from 12:00am.
Two ferries, Shahporan and Enayetpuri, got stuck and another two ferries named Hamidur Rahman and Krishani were anchored in the middle of the river.
Besides, four ferries at Paturiaghat, six at Daulatdia Ghat and four more ferries at Aricha Ghat were halted with passengers and vehicles.
Meanwhile, over 300 vehicles were stranded at four ferry ghats as the ferry services remained suspended since midnight.
Passengers stranded at the ferry terminals suffered in the bitter cold.
