Similar to the past few days, battery-skedaddle rickshaw drivers are protesting by blocking roads in the capital’s Agargaon topic consistent with a Excessive Court disclose in confidence to discontinue the operation of such three-wheelers.
They started the reveal around 10:30am on the unusual time (25 November) by occupying the streets in the topic.
“Some drivers blocked the toll road in the Agargaon topic this morning. We’re making an strive to disperse them to normalise the traffic topic,” acknowledged Tareq Sekandar Abhi, assistant commissioner (traffic) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s (DMP) Sher-E-Bangla Nagar zone.
In the period in-between, the Authorized authentic Total’s Space of enterprise filed an appeal this morning in quest of a terminate on the 19 November Excessive Court explain that asked authorities enthusiastic to discontinue the operation of battery-powered rickshaws on the streets of the Dhaka metropolitan topic within three days.
Declaring the appeal was as soon as submitted to the Appellate Division, Deputy Authorized authentic Total Nur Muhammad Azmi acknowledged the chamber settle could well maybe hear it on the unusual time.
The protests, which started on 21 November and had been taking set up day by day since, stem from the Excessive Court explain issued on 19 November, directing authorities to cease the inch of battery-powered auto-rickshaws within three days. The government has yet to take any step in this regard.
On Saturday (23 November), the Rickshaw, Battery Rickshaw-Van, and Easybike Sangram Parishad at a rally issued a seven-day ultimatum for authorities enthusiastic to finalise a tenet formulated particularly for them to operate on Dhaka streets.
Tense a think again of the Excessive Court explain, the drivers and workers sought permission to operate following the implementation of the tenet.
They also supplied a seven-point charter of requires geared toward resolving their challenges and securing their livelihoods.
Earlier the earlier day (24 November), the battery-skedaddle rickshaw drivers and workers, who had been demonstrating around Dhaka city for the past few days, suspended the sit-in programme pressing 12 requires in entrance of the National Press Club.
They acknowledged they will meet Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Sheikh Md Sajjat Ali on Monday to search out a resolution to the crisis that stemmed from the Excessive Court explain.
The meeting between a neighborhood of representatives of the protesters and the DMP chief is scheduled to originate at 11am on the unusual time.
“Depending on its final end result, the next action notion could be announced,” the organisation’s Convener Khalekuzzaman Lipan actually helpful reporters the earlier day.
