In consequence of ongoing worker unrest, at the very least 20 to 25 factories in the Kathgara jam of Dhaka’s Ashulia industrial self-discipline were forced to reveal closure today (29 September).
A source from the Industrial Police acknowledged, “Even even supposing the difficulty in varied system of the industrial self-discipline develop into rather collected due to the morning, unrest started yet again in Kathgara, the same to yesterday.”
Workers from Beq Knitwear Ltd. of Lusaka Neighborhood gathered in front of the factory this morning to instruct, aggravating the reopening of the closed factory and the withdrawal of cases filed towards the workers. At one level, the workers started throwing stones and causing a disturbance in front of assorted within attain factories, prompting several factories in the self-discipline to reveal closure.
Later, workers from Mondol Knitwear Ltd. moreover took to the streets, blocking roads and starting up protests, accusing authorities of detaining and assaulting two of their workers.
As workers from varied within attain factories frequently joined the protesting workers, the difficulty worsened.
A worker from Lusaka Neighborhood acknowledged, “I went to the factory in the morning. Later, workers started protesting, aggravating the reopening of the closed factory and the withdrawal of cases towards them. The police and military personnel chased the workers away. Afterwards, workers from Mondol moreover started protesting, and so they went to varied factories to mumble workers out.”
As of 12:30pm, drive develop into collected high in the areas of Kathgara, Pukurpar, and surrounding areas in Ashulia.
Makes an try to contact Md Sarwar Alam, superintendent of Industrial Police-1, for a assertion were unsuccessful.
