Imposing ban on plying three wheelers on highway: Suffering of people mounting in Barisal

BARISAL: Labourers brought out a procession in Gouruinodi Upazila protesting ban on plying three wheelers on highway on Saturday.
BARISAL: Labourers brought out a procession in Gouruinodi Upazila protesting ban on plying three wheelers on highway on Saturday.
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Barisal Correspondent :
Mass sufferings increased in different parts of Barisal as owners and workers of three and four wheelers in logger head over imposing restriction on plying three wheelers on highway from Sunday.
In different areas of the region imposing restriction against moving three wheelers without arranging alternative short distance transportation for non-highway destinations, made people almost stranded at different points.
On other hand agitated owners and workers of three wheelers also creating obstacle against movement of four wheelers on non-highway roads and protesting that owners and workers called strike.
Over this dispute sudden bus strike started in 15 internal routes of Barisal from Sunday noon.
The strike was called by Barisal bus owners and workers associations protesting creating obstacles by three wheelers owners and workers against plying buses on Gournadi-Poisarhut route.
Aftab Hossain, president of Barisal district bus owners association, said three wheeler owners and workers protesting High Court order against plying three wheelers on highway, stopped plying buses on Barisal-Poisarhut route from Sunday morning.
If the situation would not be developed within Sunday evening, then bus strike would be extended to all routes connecting Barisal, Aftab cautioned.
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