Dhaka-move buses resumed operations from Rajshahi after being closed for six and a half hours as all products and services to different destinations were suspended this afternoon (16 December) following an incident of five bus employees reportedly being assaulted by CNG auto-rickshaw drivers in Tanore upazila earlier on the day.
The suspension began at 1pm until 7:30pm, leaving passengers stranded, despite the incontrovertible truth that buses coming from other districts were allowed to move.
In the night, Acting Overall Secretary of Rajshahi Motor Workers Union Rafiqul Islam Pakhi acknowledged the buses resumed operation after a meeting with the administration.
“Buses are plying on the full on all routes. A case has been filed with the native police space. Legislation enforcers relish assured us they are going to arrest the accused by nightfall.”
The incident occurred in the morning when five bus employees identified as drivers Swapan Ali, Babar, Shaheen, Nuruzzaman, and conductor Zia were bodily assaulted by CNG auto-rickshaw drivers. The Rajshahi Motor Workers’ Union reacted by halting inter-district bus products and services.
Around 1pm, bus employees with sticks gathered shut to the metropolis’s Shiroil Bus Terminal and attempted to march toward the metropolis’s rail gate CNG stand.
Labour leader Helal Uddin intervened, urging peaceful, but some employees developed, reportedly intending to injury CNG vehicles.
The bid of affairs become once brought below management after police and army personnel intervened. On the other hand, bus products and services had no longer resumed by 5pm, causing well-known disaster to passengers.
Rafiqul Islam Pakhi, acting same old secretary of the Rajshahi Motor Workers’ Union, confirmed the suspension.
“The employees are no longer running buses. All buses from Rajshahi remain halted, with the exception of for buses getting back from other districts,” he acknowledged.
“Our employees were assaulted and injured by CNG drivers in Tanore. The police relish no longer yet filed a case or arrested somebody, main to outrage among employees,” he added.
Tanore police space Officer-in-Rate (OC) Mizanur Rahman acknowledged the lengthy-standing tensions between bus and CNG drivers.
“The disadvantage persists on account of CNG vehicles are stopped in the metropolis by bus employees, while buses face threat by CNG drivers in Tanore. This yelp needs choice,” he acknowledged.
Addressing allegations of delays in registering a case, OC Rahman clarified, “The complaint has been submitted, and the case is being processed. This could occasionally be recorded quickly.”
Passengers wait with tickets in hand, but no bus to transfer Dhaka
In the intervening time, the suspension has brought about gigantic suffering for passengers on the Dhaka-move route from Rajshahi, with many wanting ahead to hours in ineffective.
Passengers and transport employees at the bus space acknowledged the bus motion stopped at 1:00pm. There has been no announcement as to when the suspension will dwell.
As of the filing of this sage at 6:00pm, the suspension remains in enact.
Dhaka-move Desh Travels’ Rajshahi counter manager Masud Rana acknowledged, “We missed seven trips. Passengers of all buses are in actuality waiting at the counter. No Dhaka-move bus is working.”
