Homegoers suffer due to tailback at Paturia ghat

Eid holidaymakers are going through immense sufferings as they keep waiting for hours in a long tailback of vehicles at Paturia ferry ghat in Manikganj.

Hundreds of vehicles on Dhaka-Aricha highway are waiting for their turn to get on board the ferry at Paturia ghat to cross the river, our Manikganj correspondent reports from the spot.

Such disruptive communication has already faded the joy of people from 19 districts who are on their way to celebrate Eid-ul-Azha with their near and dear ones.

“We started on a bus of Sakura Paribahan from Badda at 9:00am and reached Paturia ghat around 12noon. It is now 6:00pm and our bus is yet to get on board the ferry,” said Sabur Miya, a passenger who is travelling to Uzirpur of Barishal with his wife and two sons.

Abdullah Al Mamun, a passenger travelling to Khulna with his wife and infant son, said he started on a Sohag Paribahan bus from Dhaka at 8:00am and reached Paturia around 11:30am, but the bus was still stuck in tailback at Paturia ghat at 6:00pm.