Last minute crowd at Shimulia-Banglabazar Ghat
Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated across the country tomorrow. So even at the last minute, crowds of people came from Dhaka gathered at Shimulia in Munshiganj and Banglabazar in Madaripur. The number of ferries on this waterway has been increased due to high passenger pressure.
Since morning, 16 ferries have been crossing with few vehicles and hundreds of passengers.
To handle the extra pressure of passengers, ferries are going to Shimulia Ghat without loading the vehicles at Banglabazar Ghat since yesterday afternoon. Due to non-crossing of vehicles on the ferry, severe traffic jam has occurred at both the ghats. The drivers of goods trucks are the ones who are suffering the most.