Buses on indefinite strike in Barisal
Transport owners and workers yesterday went on an indefinite strike on 11 internal routes of the city to press home their demands including banning of illegal human haulers like Nasimon and Karimon.
The routes are Babuganj, Banaripara, Swarupkathi, Gournadi, Agoiljhara, Mirganj, Hijla, Muladi, Pirojpur, Uzirpur and Dhamura.
They also threatened to enforce the strike on long-distance routes from Monday if the demands were not met by today (Sunday), said Aftab Hossain, president of Barisal District Bus Owners' Association.
The strike began at 6:00am, causing immense sufferings to the passengers.
Barisal District Bus Owners' and Transport Workers' Associations jointly called the strike after holding a meeting on Friday morning.
At the meeting, the speakers alleged that different types of battery-run three wheelers like tomtom, nasimon, mishuk, alpha-mahendra and a few four wheelers like pickup, microbuses, even some trucks are plying the streets without any registration, fitness certificate and route permit.
Due to the situation, buses, which have been plying legally, are facing passenger crisis, they said.
The leaders of the associations placed the matter before the district and police administration several times but the authorities did not pay any heed to the problem even after giving an ultimatum until July 26, said the speakers.
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