Staff Reporter :
Vehicular movement on Mayor Hanif Flyover in the city came to a halt for about three hours following a clash between two groups of transport workers on Monday, causing sufferings to commuters amidst the unbearable heat.
Police said the trouble began at around noon, over taking control of a labour union office on the east side of Bangabhaban at Gulistan. The vehicular movement, however, resumed at around 3pm. Shafiqul, a transport worker, said that the office belonged to Bangladesh Road Transport Workers’ Union. But Dhaka District Workers’ Union leader Safar Ali forcibly took control of it on Sunday night.
“That’s why members of the Bangladesh Road Transport Workers’ Union stopped operating and put the office under lock today leading to the clash.”
“Traffic resumed after discussions were held with both groups,” Wari Division’s Additional Deputy Commissioner Md Mainul Hasan told The New Nation.
