Launch services resume after a week

City Desk:

Launch and sea-truck services resumed on 10 major river routes in Bhola on Friday morning after a week-long suspension following the withdrawal of local cautionary signal No-3 for maritime ports.

BIWTA Bhola River Port Traffic Officer Jasim Uddin said launch operations resumed after the cautionary signal was lifted on Thursday afternoon.

Launches and sea-trucks began departing from routes such as Ilisha-Lakshmipur, Daulatkhan-Alexander, and Tazumuddin-Monpura from Friday morning, he said.

The resumption has brought relief to passengers who had been facing travel disruptions for the past week due to inclement weather.

Meanwhile, the weather in Bhola remained overcast on Friday morning with light to moderate rainfall.

Md Moniruzzaman, an official at Bhola met office, said the district recorded 426.2 mm of rainfall over the past eight days, including 29 mm in the last 24 hours up to 6 am.