Stone-laden bulkhead sinks near Sandwip Channel

Stone-laden bulkhead sinks near Sandwip Channel

A stone-laden bulkhead sank due to strong waves in hostile weather at Sandwip Channel at the estuary of the Bay of Bengal this morning. A Sandwip-bound passenger service boat rescued seven sailors alive, who were floated towards the Sandwip Channel with life jackets after the accident, around 7:30 am today, sources said. They were brought by a passenger boat on the Kumira-Guptachara ghat and handed over to the authority, Kumira Naval Police In-charge Md. Wali Uddin Akbar told journalists. All rescued sailors hailed from Kishoreganj district, the sources said, adding that the rescued oarsmen were provided with primary treatment and handed over to the concerned authority. A rescued sailor said the stone-laden bulkhead ship left here for Dhaka at 4 am on Thursday, when it approached the red buoy light, the ship sank due to strong waves in hostile weather. Munsur Majhi, the driver of the Kumira Ghat service route, said he saw some people floating in the middle of the sea at 7 am, when he was going to Sandwip with passengers from Chattogram. "I quickly took the boat to them and rescued seven people," he added.