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Abul Kalam Matubbar, chairman of the Bhangar Bus Workers Union in Faridpur, said ferries are often closed for various reasons, including fog. If the Padma bridge opens, there will be no such problem.
Since there is no Padma Bridge, many people now do not go directly to the southern districts by bus. Instead, go down from Dhaka to Mawa. Then cross the Padma by ferry, motorboat or speedboat and go up to the other side by bus or minibus. This is because the bus has to queue for a long time at the ferry terminal.
Didarul Islam from Sonadanga, Khulna, was waiting for a bus on the Bhanga Expressway on Tuesday afternoon. He works in Dhaka. Go to town with special needs. He said it takes 8-10 hours to get home by ferry across the bus.
Transport merchants are also looking forward to the launch of the Padma Bridge. Kamruzzaman Siddiqui, former secretary general of the Faridpur District Bus Owners Association, told Prothom Alo that 21 districts in the southwest, including Faridpur, are isolated from Dhaka due to the Padma River. Due to fog storms, floods, navigability crisis, etc., suffering continues to flow through the Padma. The highway has been launched. This time, if the Padma Bridge opens, the direct bus service will increase. People will benefit.
