Transport workers enforced bus strike for an indefinite period on all routes of Thakurgaon, Panchagarh and Dinajpur districts today demanding a ban on plying of illegal shallow engine-run vehicles on the highways of the districts.
Nine associations, including Bus Owners’ Association, Transport Workers’ Union and Truck-Lorry Workers’ Union of the three districts jointly called the strike. They called the strike at a joint meeting on Monday evening.Khairul Alam, president of Thakurgaon Transport Workers Union, said they had decided to enforce an indefinite strike as the local administration failed to stop plying of human haulers like Nasimon, Karimon, Bhotbhoti, Easybike and Mahindra on the highways. -UNB
