Passengers hoping to take a boat from Mingkaman to Bor have been stranded for the past two days owing to a dispute port managers at Mingkaman and their counterparts in Bor, a local radio station reported.
Bor port authorities won’t allow boats from Mingkaman to take passengers back from Bor.
Mingkaman port manger Magok Chajok explained that Mingaman wants to host its own boats in Bor to share in the revenues of travels to and from from the two areas, but Bor will not allow this.
“We have our boats in Bor but Bor office won’t give them chance to transport passengers, so this why we have closed down our port, so we need sharing.”
Magok blamed the Bor port management for blocking the route.
Some passengers at Mingkaman are struggling to cope. “I have spent two days here with my children,” said one would-be passenger, noting that the children missed school over the dispute.