Hasina helps blockade affected transporters
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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday provided cheques worth Tk 4,20,65,000 as financial assistance to 146 owners of 156 buses, trucks and other vehicles, with one getting the highest Tk 10 lakh, damaged during the BNP-led 20-party alliance's recent hartals and ongoing blockade.
This is the first phase of support, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said during the presentation at the prime minister's Tejgaon office in the capital.
So far owners of some 823 vehicles, 287 torched and 536 vandalised, have applied to the prime minister for financial help, he said, adding, "The rest...will also be given financial help."
Some 1,800 vehicles were burned or vandalised by the BNP-Jamaat-e-Islami men since January, Obaidul added.
He said the prime minister would also provide financial help to families of drivers and helpers killed and injured.
Obaidul thanked the vehicle owners for continuing to provide service during the period, terming it a huge sacrifice.
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