A Correspondent :
The trade and commerce of port city Chittagong incurs a loss of over Tk 1,000 crore a day due to hartal.
Sources in the Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) said this.
The losses in the city includes Tk 200 crore in production sector, Tk 200 crore in export trade, Tk 400 crore in import trade, Tk 180 crore in garments sector and Tk 20 crore in frozen food sector, the sources elaborated. Besides, the government is losing Tk 140 crore revenue income daily for hartal.
The business community had depicted the havoc situation of the hartal on trade and commerce of the country several times in different forums in the past. They opined that the observance of hartal put an adverse affect in the overall trade and commerce of the country.
If the operations of the Chittagong Port, the principal seaport of the country, are disrupted, the whole economy of the country gets affected. Which is why, the businessmen are trying to keep the Chittagong Port away from any political movement.
The business community urged the political parties to observe other programmes alternative to hartal like demonstrations, human chain, and long march to press their demands home without affecting trade and commerce. .
They also opined that frequent hartals are creating a bad image abroad. So, the foreign buyers become reluctant.
In this situation, the transport owners and workers of Chittagong have decided to ply their vehicles in the inter-district routes of the country during the hartal hour.
Talking to journalists AKM Hafiz Akhtar, SP of Chittagong said, ‘We are ready to provide sufficient security for the transports on hartal days in the long distant routes in the district.’
He said that the transport would ply on the routes subject to the sufficient numbers of passengers and cargo.
AKM Hafiz Akhtar, in a meeting with the transport owners and workers on October 30 last at his chamber, assured of police protection during hartal hour. So, the transport owners and workers have agreed to ply their vehicles.
Moreover, the local administration has deployed additional numbers of members of law enforcing agencies in order to avert any untoward incident in the city during hartal time.
The Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) also deployed special forces in different areas of the city.
Besides, BGB members have been deployed in different areas of the city and the district.
It may be mentioned that the Jamaat-e-Islami called a countrywide hartal for three days protesting against Jamaat Amir Motiur Rahman Nizami’s verdict.
On October 30, the people of the port city rejected the hartal called by Jamaat.
The trade and commerce of port city Chittagong incurs a loss of over Tk 1,000 crore a day due to hartal.
Sources in the Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) said this.
The losses in the city includes Tk 200 crore in production sector, Tk 200 crore in export trade, Tk 400 crore in import trade, Tk 180 crore in garments sector and Tk 20 crore in frozen food sector, the sources elaborated. Besides, the government is losing Tk 140 crore revenue income daily for hartal.
The business community had depicted the havoc situation of the hartal on trade and commerce of the country several times in different forums in the past. They opined that the observance of hartal put an adverse affect in the overall trade and commerce of the country.
If the operations of the Chittagong Port, the principal seaport of the country, are disrupted, the whole economy of the country gets affected. Which is why, the businessmen are trying to keep the Chittagong Port away from any political movement.
The business community urged the political parties to observe other programmes alternative to hartal like demonstrations, human chain, and long march to press their demands home without affecting trade and commerce. .
They also opined that frequent hartals are creating a bad image abroad. So, the foreign buyers become reluctant.
In this situation, the transport owners and workers of Chittagong have decided to ply their vehicles in the inter-district routes of the country during the hartal hour.
Talking to journalists AKM Hafiz Akhtar, SP of Chittagong said, ‘We are ready to provide sufficient security for the transports on hartal days in the long distant routes in the district.’
He said that the transport would ply on the routes subject to the sufficient numbers of passengers and cargo.
AKM Hafiz Akhtar, in a meeting with the transport owners and workers on October 30 last at his chamber, assured of police protection during hartal hour. So, the transport owners and workers have agreed to ply their vehicles.
Moreover, the local administration has deployed additional numbers of members of law enforcing agencies in order to avert any untoward incident in the city during hartal time.
The Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) also deployed special forces in different areas of the city.
Besides, BGB members have been deployed in different areas of the city and the district.
It may be mentioned that the Jamaat-e-Islami called a countrywide hartal for three days protesting against Jamaat Amir Motiur Rahman Nizami’s verdict.
On October 30, the people of the port city rejected the hartal called by Jamaat.
