Workers of Lenny Vogue and Lenny Apparels, which have confidence been shut down four years ago, withdrew their blockade of the Nabinagar-Chandra Avenue in entrance of Dhaka Export Processing Zone (DEPZ) at Ashulia after 33 hours this (27 November) afternoon.
The protesting workers withdrew the blockade after reaching an settlement with the DEPZ authorities following prolonged discussions, Industrial Police-1 Superintendent Md Sarwar Alam confirmed to The Industry Same old.
In a textual convey message over the mobile telephone, he wrote, “Both facet have confidence reached an settlement. The blockade has been withdrawn. Vehicular gallop has resumed.”
In the meantime, the protesters acknowledged they held a gathering with DEPZ authorities and the law enforcers assured the workers that the dues, in conjunction with provider advantages, would per chance maybe be paid within the next 3 months.
Following the assembly, the workers lifted the blockade from the dual carriageway at 4:20pm.
Speaking on the matter to The Industry Same old, BEPZA Govt Director (public relatives) Anwar Parvez acknowledged, “As some distance as I do know, the authorities have confidence requested for three months time, in some unspecified time in the future of which the factory shall be supplied by public sale and the dues of the general workers shall be paid.”
“The workers have confidence been requested to put up their paperwork from 2 December, since the verification of these paperwork is also a time-ingesting matter,” he added.
Earlier the day prior to this, the workers blocked the Nabinagar-Chandra Avenue anxious their unpaid wages.
Nowadays, as well to blocking off the dual carriageway, they also did no longer enable someone to enter the DEPZ, causing the actions of all industrial gadgets positioned within the conventional portion of DEPZ to be halted.
Website visitors on each and each facet of the dual carriageway had been on end causing excessive congestion within the draw.
Per Ansar participants stationed at the gate of DEPZ, even supposing workers of assorted factories arrived within the morning to affix work, they have confidence been unable to enter their factories due to the obstruction from the protesting workers.
The workers had to return from the DEPZ gate, an Ansar member acknowledged.
