Bus services on all internal routes in Chuadanga have been suspended, causing suffering for ordinary passengers.
Workers of the District Motor Vehicle Workers Union stopped bus services indefinitely from 6 a.m. Monday, Sept. 28.
Because of the strike, buses are not operating on the Chuadanga-Meherpur, Chuadanga-Jibannagar-Hasadah, Chuadanga-Jhenaidah, Chuadanga-Kushtia and Chuadanga-Hatboalia routes.
Transport owner and worker sources said bus workers had a dispute Sunday with battery-run rickshaw and van drivers in Fakirpara of Damurhuda. Rickshaw drivers later blocked buses on the highway with barricades for about four hours. In protest, transport owners and workers called an indefinite bus and minibus strike from Monday morning. Passengers have been suffering since morning because buses are not running on five routes in the district. Long-distance passengers have faced particular hardship.
Ordinary passengers have suffered because bus movement is suspended. A passenger named Shipon said, “Because buses are closed, it has become difficult to reach my destination on time.”
He called for a quick resolution of the problem and restoration of normal bus movement.
Haji Abul Kalam Azad, general secretary of the Chuadanga Inter-District Bus-Minibus Owners Group, said workers called the strike in protest against attacks on transport workers and the stopping of vehicles on the highway.
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