The Kirtankhola River

The second largest river port is Kirtankhola .The Kirtankhola river is a river that starts from Sayeshtabad in Barisal district and ends into the Gajalia Gabkhan canal.The length of this river is 16km,the width is 600m and the depth is 15m.The further course of the river falls into the Bay of Bengal receiving various names at various places and finally as the Haringhata.By the way,the second largest river port  of Bangladesh is now under great threat as Kirtankhola river is lost its navigability due to continued siltation.Bangladesh water transport Authority sources  more than 100water transports plying on Dhaka-Barisal-Khulna,Chittagong-Barisal-Khulna and other routes of the country remained stranded for hours at Char Shibli diversion channel.Water transport at present fail to approach the launch jetties and steamer stations.The vessels are anchoring about 3 to 4.5 meter from the station,as the depth of water near the port became less than 1.1 meter.

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