Staff Reporter :
Employees of different garments in Savar took to the street on Monday morning blocking Dhaka-Aricha highway as the owners did not arrange any transport facilities under their own management during this lockdown.
They were facing troubles on Monday morning to reach their work stations for want of vehicles as the government has suspended all modes of public vehicles till Thursday morning to tackle spread of COVID-19.
The workers have been forced to manage vehicles to reach the work places.
Following the blockade at Redio Colony and CRP area of the highway for an hour, goods-laden vehicles were stranded on the road.
On-duty police members, later, managed to remove them from the street.
Meanwhile, no public transport was seen on the highway on Monday morning, except some workers-carrying vehicle.
The employees paid high fair to reach their destination and some of them only on foot.
Earlier, public transports went off streets and shopping malls remained shut in Dhaka and other parts of Bangladesh as the government has enforced a strict lockdown ‘on a limited scale’ from Monday in an effort to bring the Covid situation under control.
The alarming surge in Covid cases and deaths caused by highly transmittable Delta variant prompted the government to announce the 3-day lockdown ahead of an all out lockdown from July 1.
Rickshaws and private vehicles were seen dominating the Dhaka streets on the first day of the lockdown.
People including office-goers were seen waiting on roads for a long time for rickshaws or motorbikes to reach their destinations.
Traffic police at different points are stopping vehicles and quizzing drivers and passengers, said traffic inspector of DMP Asaduzzaman(Mohakhali).
The Cabinet Division issued a circular over the fresh lockdown on Sunday.
The lockdown will remain in force from 6 am on June 28 to 6am on July 1, it said.
Movement of all modes of public transport except goods-laden vehicles and rickshaws will remain restricted and the members of law enforcement agencies will ensure it through regular patrolling, it said.
All shopping malls,markets, recreation centres, resorts, community centers, tourist spots will remain shut .
