Dhaka-Barisal BIWTC service begins today

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) will start 8-day special steamer services from Dhaka from today for Eid ul Azha with six vessels up to Barisal, Khulna and Morelganj. The Eid-ul-Azha special service  of  BIWTC vessels with regular services will continue till September 6, said Sheikh Muhammad Nasim, deputy general manager ( commercial/ passenger) BIWTC.

The vessels scheduled for Eid-ul-Azha special service are: PS (peddle steamer) Ostrich, Mahsud, Turn, Lepcha, MV (motorised vessels) Modhumoti, Banglaee.  

According to the announced schedule PS Ostrich and PS Lepcha will leave Dhaka at 6:30am and 7pm today for Khulna and Hularhut.  BIWTC sources said these six BIWTC vessels under this special schedule would also carry passengers from Dhaka to their respective destinations connecting Chandpur, Barisal, Jhalakathi, Hularhut of Pirojpur and Morelganj of Bagerhut and Khulna river ports, he added.

Syed Abul Kalam Azad, assistant general manager in charge of BIWTC Barisal station, said BIWTC stations at Barisal and Narayanganj have been asked to provide  piloting services and be prepared with special tug boats to face any emergency calls. The passenger-fare of BIWTC carriers would remain same on special trips as normal trips, BIWTC official said.

Accordingly passengers of BIWTC vessels on 169-kilometer Dhaka-Barisal or Barisal-Dhaka route in a single trip have to pay Tk.1050 for one first class cabin seat, Tk.630 for one second class cabin (equivalent to first class of private launches) seat and Tk.170 for each deck seat, average 30-50 per cent less than private water transport operators on this route, BIWTC Barisal station manager added.

Sea trucks of BIWTC will connect 11 stations of coastal routes under Barisal, Bhola, Laxmipur, Noakhali, and Chittagong districts including Maju Chowdhurir Hut, Manpura, Shashiganj, Ilisha, Charchenga, Boyarchar, Hatiya, Kumira and Guptachhara, BIWTC officials added.  Two coastal ships MV Monirul Huq and MV Baro-Awlia of BIWTC will operate passenger services from Chittagong to connect different destinations under Hatiya and Sandwip from August 30 to September 7.

Dhaka-Barisal BIWTC service begins today

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) will start 8-day special steamer services from Dhaka from today for Eid ul Azha with six vessels up to Barisal, Khulna and Morelganj. The Eid-ul-Azha special service of BIWTC vessels with regular services will continue till September 6, said Sheikh Muhammad Nasim, deputy general manager ( commercial/ passenger) BIWTC. The vessels scheduled for Eid-ul-Azha special service are: PS (peddle steamer) Ostrich, Mahsud, Turn, Lepcha, MV (motorised vessels) Modhumoti, Banglaee. According to the announced schedule PS Ostrich and PS Lepcha will leave Dhaka at 6:30am and 7pm today for Khulna and Hularhut. BIWTC sources said these six BIWTC vessels under this special schedule would also carry passengers from Dhaka to their respective destinations connecting Chandpur, Barisal, Jhalakathi, Hularhut of Pirojpur and Morelganj of Bagerhut and Khulna river ports, he added. Syed Abul Kalam Azad, assistant general manager in charge of BIWTC Barisal station, said BIWTC stations at Barisal and Narayanganj have been asked to provide piloting services and be prepared with special tug boats to face any emergency calls. The passenger-fare of BIWTC carriers would remain same on special trips as normal trips, BIWTC official said. Accordingly passengers of BIWTC vessels on 169-kilometer Dhaka-Barisal or Barisal-Dhaka route in a single trip have to pay Tk.1050 for one first class cabin seat, Tk.630 for one second class cabin (equivalent to first class of private launches) seat and Tk.170 for each deck seat, average 30-50 per cent less than private water transport operators on this route, BIWTC Barisal station manager added. Sea trucks of BIWTC will connect 11 stations of coastal routes under Barisal, Bhola, Laxmipur, Noakhali, and Chittagong districts including Maju Chowdhurir Hut, Manpura, Shashiganj, Ilisha, Charchenga, Boyarchar, Hatiya, Kumira and Guptachhara, BIWTC officials added. Two coastal ships MV Monirul Huq and MV Baro-Awlia of BIWTC will operate passenger services from Chittagong to connect different destinations under Hatiya and Sandwip from August 30 to September 7.