Transport strike: People’s distress continues

The countrywide indefinite transport strikes, enforced by Bangladesh Road Transport Workers Federation, have entered second day today.

The strikes left people in distress and caused immense sufferings to the general people in the country. In the meanwhile, other transports including CNG and rickshaw have hiked fare. The federation announced the indefinite strike across the country on Monday following a court verdict that awarded driver Mir Hossain Miru to death in a case filed over a road crash that left a woman dead in Savar on 2003. In the capital, no inter-district bus left Gabtoli, Mohakhali or Sayedabad bus terminals since Monday morning. Transport workers stopped vehicle movement on the highways and even obstructed vehicles to ply. Bangladesh Road Transport Workers Federation has been observing an indefinite strike in 10 districts of Khulna division since Sunday protesting the jail term of a bus driver for a road crash that killed Tareque Masud, Mishuk Munier and three others in 2011. But, the central leaders rejected their withdrawal decision. Meanwhile, loading and unloading of goods at Benapole land port came to a halt due to the strike. The goods-carrying vehicles remained stuck at Benapole land ports.