The Crime Desk: The much-awaited ferry service on the Banshbaria-Sitakunda-Guptochhara-Sandwip waterway under the Chittagong district will be inaugurated today (March 24) at the initiative of the Ministry of Shipping. On this occasion, a rally has been organized at the premises of Sandwip Upazila Parishad in Chittagong district. Chief Advisor Dr. Muhammad Yunus will deliver the chief guest speech on the virtual platform at the rally. Advisor to the Ministry of Shipping and the Ministry of Labor and Employment, M. Sakhawat Hossain, will inaugurate the ferry service.
This information was given in a press release sent by the Ministry of Shipping on Sunday (March 23).
Muhammad Fauzul Kabir Khan, Advisor to the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges; Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Advisor to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and Ministry of Water Resources; Asif Mahmud Sajeeb Bhuiyan, Advisor to the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives; Farooq E Azam, Bir Pratik, Advisor to the Ministry of Liberation War Affairs and the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief; Professor Dr. Bidhan Ranjan Roy Poddar, Advisor to the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education; Farida Akhtar, Advisor to the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock; Md. Khoda Baksh Chowdhury, Special Assistant to the Principal Advisor on the Ministry of Home Affairs (State Minister Rank) and Professor Dr. Md. Sayedur Rahman, Special Assistant to the Principal Advisor on the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (State Minister Rank).
It is worth noting that, in the continuation of the unity that the nation united to build a new Bangladesh in the mass uprising of students and the public with the aim of building a country without discrimination to ensure civil rights and dignity, the long-awaited dream of the people of Sandwip will be fulfilled by launching the Chittagong-Sandwip direct ferry service, as a result of which the people of Sandwip will get a safe water communication system. The quality of life and economic capacity of the people of Sandwip will increase as all types of vehicles, including buses, trucks, tank lorries, minibuses, and private cars, will be created. If the ferry service is launched, the number of tourists, including tourists, will also increase in Sandwip. As a result, Sandwip will soon gain the status of one of the country’s tourist areas, and economic prosperity will come.
Senior Secretary of the Ministry of Shipping Mohammad Yusuf will preside over the program, and Commodore Arif Ahmed Mustafa, Chairman of the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority, will deliver the welcome speech.
