Locals stage roadblock
Locals blocked the Dhaka-Munshiganj road for one hour yesterday demanding removal of a barbed-wire fence that has been erected around Mukterpur bridge. Several hundred people gathered with placards and banners, questioning why the bridge was being fenced in, after so much land had been confiscated from locals for building it. They brought out a procession and put up barricades in Mukterpur in Sadar upazila causing long traffic jams on both sides of the highway. The demonstrators alleged that their normal communication is hampered due to the barbed-wire fence. Later they withdrew the barricade at about 9:00am after the authorities assured them of meeting their demand.
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