Staff Reporter:
A long expected ferry service is set to link the southeastern Chattogram with offshore island of Sandwip from today with Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad expecting to open the service under the shipping ministry.
According to a shipping ministry statement, the service will actually link Sitakunda on the outskirts of the port city with the Sandwip Island having four stops, three in Sandwip’s Banshbaria, central Sitakun-da and Guptochhara.
The distance between the two upazilas is about 35 kilometers.
It said the chief adviser would open the service joining the ceremony through virtual platform from Dhaka.
Shipping adviser Brigadier General (Retd) Dr. M Sakhawat Hussain is expected to inaugurate the ferry service.
