Salvaged cargo taken to Sharankhola range office
UNB
The forest department has taken the potash-laden cargo vessel which sank in the Sundarbans under its custody, reports UNB.
The vessel was taken to Sharankhola Range office of the Sundarbans East Zone yesterday, five days after it was pulled out from the Bhola River.
Assistant forest reservoir of Sharankhola Range of the Sundarbans East Zone Kamal Uddin said 30 days after its capsize, the fertiliser-laden cargo Jabale Noor was pulled out from the Bhola River on Friday. It was taken to the range office, some 11 kilometre of the spot, on Wednesday, he said.
Earlier, forest department employing local labours managed to remove seven metric tons of potash from the cargo after it capsized on May 5.
Officer-in-charge of Sharankhola Police Station M Rezaul Karim said vessel owner Aminul Islam Babul was now in jail after Bagerhat Judicial Magistrate court rejected his bail plea on Sunday (June 7) while three other accused remained absconding now.
On May 3, the cargo vessel carrying 200 tonnes of potash fertiliser ran aground at a char in the Bhola River at Sharankhola Range of the Sundarbans East Zone on the way to Ashuganj from Mongla through the Sundarbans and began sinking.
On May 5, the cargo capsized in the river finally as the keel of the cargo got fractured when two rescue vessels tried to move it during high tides.
On May 6, the forest department filed a compensation case of Tk 1 crore against four named people, including the owner of the cargo, and unknown six-seven people with Sharankhola Police Station. cargo taken to Sharankhola range office.
