Transport strike demanding ban on illegal 3-wheelers
Transport strike demanding ban on illegal 3-wheelers
Bus and motor owners and workers in the district have enforced an indefinite strike on 13 routes of the district, demanding punishment of culprits who attacked and injured bus workers and damaged vehicles in Charfassion upazila on Wednesday afternoon.
The strike began on Wednesday evening immediately after a decision at an emergency meeting of the bus owners and workers at 6.00pm in the district town.
Road communications of the district with other parts of the country came to a halt due to the strike on 13 routes, causing untold sufferings to the passengers.
Bhola Bus Owner's Association general secretary Abul Kalam said, they will continue their strike until their demand was met.
District Motor Workers Union and Bus Owners Association also demanded a ban on plying of shallow engine-run vehicles including locally-made Nasimon, Karimon, Bhotvoti and battery run auto rickshaws on the routes.
Md Shafikul Islam, organising secretary of Bhola Bus Owners Association claimed that a group of easy bike drivers attacked the bus workers over a trivial matter on Wednesday afternoon and injured 15 in Charfassion. They also vandalized buses there.
The agitating workers handed over a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner of Bhola, Md Selim Reza, also demanding arrest of the accused bike drivers.
Earlier on Wednesday, a clash took place at Charfassion Bus Stand of the district at around 12 noon after a bus of Charfassion-Aicha route hit an easy bike in Sadar Road area.
According to locals, the accident was not so serious but the easy bike drivers gathered after the incident and attacked the bus workers there with sticks.
After an hour, the bus workers assembled and attacked on shallow engine-run vehicles and the sporadic clash continued till afternoon. Police rushed to the spot and tried to control the situation as the clash spread from Sadar Road to Thana Road.
At least 25 from both sides were injured in the clash.