BIWTA union protests staff transfer
Special Correspondent
The employees union of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) has protested the government decision to transfer all employees of the Sadarghat launch terminal.They said such wholesale transfer will not help solve problems in the water transport sector. "The capsize of Nasrin-1 and consequent loss of 600 lives occurred due to overloading and wrong navigation by the vessel master," said leaders of the union at a press conference at the National Press Club yesterday. "Any accident must be thoroughly investigated and the culprits punished," said Mohammad Awalul Azam Khan, general secretary of the union. According to union leaders, the BIWTA does not have the mandate to stop a launch from departing. It can only file a case against an offender with the marine court.
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