Md. Hasibuzzaman Tipu, Khulna Representative: Rice extraction has started from the bulkhead named MV Safita, which sank in the Mongla Pasur river in Bagerhat.
50 workers and 7 divers started the work of lifting rice from morning on Monday (April 1). However, M/s Abdur Rashid Enterprises representative Md Arafat said that it will take two to three days to rescue the bulkhead ship.
He said, through the bulkhead named MV Safita, we were in the position of reaching the government rice food warehouse.
The bulkhead that sank after the rice was recovered will be recovered on Sunday afternoon, the bulkhead named MV Safita, which was hit by a lighter ship named MV Shahzada, Mongla Pasur river, was rescued alive by the sailor, including the sailor in the bulkhet.
On receiving the information, the members of Bagerhat's Moolganj Sannyasi Naval Police Department arrested the lighterage ship MV Shahzada-6 who ran away from Ghashitakhali area. Earlier on Sunday morning, 6000 sacks of rice from the government food warehouse of Mongla (175 tons) of rice from the Khulna Maheshwarpasha government warehouse (175 tons) of rice for Mongla.
