Bus strike in Comilla
Bus owners and workers in Comilla went on an indefinite strike yesterday. The strike began in all 20 routes of the district to realise their five-point demand. Comilla Bus-Minibus Malik Sramik Oikya Parishad jointly called the strike. The demands include repairing of central bus terminal at Jangalia, ensuring electricity and water supply, drainage system and security at the terminal, and arranging adequate sitting rooms for the passengers. Another report says, road communications of Pirojpur with the capital and the rest of the country remained suspended from yesterday morning as the bus owners enforced an indefinite strike. The bus owners called the strike demanding an end to plying of shallow engine-run human-haulers like “Nasimon”, “Karimon” and “Bhotvoti" on 20 routes of the district.
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