Ctg port transporters call off strike upon mayor's assurance
Owners and workers of prime movers and trailers, the vehicles used in transporting containers and other heavy goods from Chittagong Port, withdrew their indefinite work stoppage yesterday hours after they went on to press home their seven-point demand.
The withdrawal came following a meeting with Chittagong City Corporation mayor who assured them of looking into their demands, said Chattagram Prime Mover Trailer Malik-Sramik Oikya Parishad member secretary Abu Bakkar Siddiq.
The demands include reduction of Chittagong City Corporation's tax from Tk 10,000 to Tk 500, a terminal for them in the port area, bringing the prime movers and trailers under a single registration number of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority, a stop to suing them under 151 section, and co-ordination among different agencies in changing and implementing different motor vehicles and traffic related rules and acts.
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