Indefinite bus strike in 4 districts of Barisal

Staff Correspondent: Minibus owners have called an indefinite strike on the routes of the four districts under Barisal division protesting attack on their leader and demanding stop of the human haulers.

The strike began at 6.00am on Thursday. The districts are Barisal, Jhalokati, Barguna and Patuakhali.

General Secretary of Barisal-Patuakhali Minibus Owners’ Association Kowsar Hossain Shipon confirmed the matter.

The association took the decision of indefinite strike at a meeting on Wednesday evening.
Nazrul Islam Khan, president of the association, was assaulted by some human hauler workers on Barisal-Patuakhali road at Dapdapia on Monday, said Kawsar Hossain Shipon.

They also threatened to continue their strike until the local administration would take any effective measures to stop plying of three-wheeler vehicles on the highway and steps for filing a case.

Commuters are suffering much following the bus strike and some people were seen to reach their destinations by hiring rickshaw vans.


risingbd/Barisal/Aug 10, 2017/JK Swapon/Mukul