Meherpur transport strike called off
Bus-truck owners and workers in Meherpur called off the indefinite strike yesterday after the district administration assured them of meeting their demands.
Transports resumed services on all routes of the districts immediately after a 'fruitful' tripartite meeting on the crisis.
The strike was called on Wednesday morning, demanding withdrawal of a case filed against a few bus staffs and a ban on plying of illegal battery-run 'easy bikes'.
According to police, on September 24, a series of clashes took place between the bus workers and easy bike drivers when the latter were taking passengers parking their bikes on the main road in Judge Court area of the town.
As the bus drivers on the road protested it, some easy bike owners beat up a worker of a bus, triggering fierce clashes.
After the incident, president of Meherpur District Easy Bike Association, also president of district Jubo League Sazzadul Islam filed a case against 200 people including District Bus-Truck Owners and Workers Oikya Parishad president Golam Rasul and general secretary Esken Ali.
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