Activities in 16 Ctg ghats resume
Loading and unloading of goods in Majhirghat-Sadarghat area in the port city began yesterday after a three-day suspension caused by labour-importer disagreement.
The activities, suspended in all 16 ghats in the area form Tuesday to Thursday, resumed following a meeting between labourers, contractors, and importers Thursday night.
Workers blamed Nurjahan Group, an importer company, for the deadlock, saying the company stopped loading activities, as it suffered supply shortage of wheat.
Nurjahan Group issued delivery order (DO) against over one-lakh tonnes of wheat, but it imported only 52,000 tonnes, said Kazi Mahbubul Hoque Chowdhury Etley, adviser of ghat labourers association.
When the DO holders learned about import shortage, they rushed to the ghats to release wheat soon and offered labourers extra amount for loading of trucks, said Etley.
Fearing danger Nurjahan Group and its agent N Rahman Company stopped delivering wheat to DO holders, he alleged.
The importer company, however, said the three-day deadlock resulted from labourers' protest, as they could not earn extra money by loading goods into truck.
Niazur Rahman, proprietor of N Rahman Company, said a rumour surfaced that there were less amount of wheat than the amount, against which DOs were issued.
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