Jobseekers take to street for second day, 10 detained
Police yesterday detained 10 people and dispersed nearly several hundred others who, for the second consecutive day, blockaded the road to Barapukuria 525MW Coal-Fired Power Plant in Parbatipur upazila.
On Saturday, the agitators blockaded the road for a couple of hours, demanding manual work at the plant. They claimed that at least 154 of them deserve jobs there as they had taken part in construction work of the plant’s 275MW unit (3rd) in 2015.
Around 10:30am yesterday, after they took to the street again, police used truncheons to push them out of the road that connects Parbatipur and Phulbari upazilas.
Out of the 10 detained by police, two were leaders of the movement’s organising committee. They are Habibur Rahman and Abu Sayeed.
Sultan Mahmud, in charge of Barapukuria police outpost, confirmed the incident.
Mahbub Rahman, chief engineer (acting) of the power plant, said there was no vacancies for workers and Power Development Board is the sole authority of employment at the plant.
One of the agitators said they were employed as construction workers at the 3rd unit of the power plant in 2015 and after the work was done, they could not find any work in the area.
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