Hundreds of vehicles queue up at Paturia Ghat ahead of ‘strict lockdown’

Around seven hundred vehicles -- 500 light and 200 goods-carrying -- are waiting at Paturia Ghat (ferry terminal) to cross the river as thousands of people are leaving Dhaka for their village homes ahead of the weeklong strict restrictions imposed by the government to stop the spread of coronavirus. Passengers travelling with private cars, microbuses and CNG-run auto-rickshaws