The Rickshaw, Van and Easybike Sramik Union has introduced a sit-in programme in front of the Nationwide Press Club in Dhaka at 11am day after nowadays (24 November), anxious the withdrawal of the High Court teach searching for creep to forestall the operation of battery-jog rickshaws, vans, and easybikes on the metropolis’s streets.
The union’s President Abul Halim Maizbhandari made the announcement whereas speaking at a press briefing held at the Purana Paltan Moitree Auditorium nowadays (23 November).
The union moreover threatened to proceed its creep till they acquired assurances from the federal government or connected authorities on fulfilling their calls for.
Reading out a written observation, its Joint Frequent Secretary Ariful Islam Nadim acknowledged eight to 12 lakh of us in Dhaka metropolis are inclined to losing their jobs ensuing from the contemporary High Court teach concerning battery-operated autos.
Protesting the teach, drivers and workers own been staging demonstrations in the capital spontaneously, he acknowledged.
Nadim talked about that the employees operating battery-operated rickshaws and three-wheelers are willing to pay earnings to the federal government. “If licences are issued by means of a regulatory framework, a distinguished quantity of earnings is seemingly to be generated,” he added.
Their utterly different calls for consist of issuing licences by means of the Bangladesh Avenue Transport Authority (BRTA) and applicable route permits.
Earlier in the day, the Rickshaw, Battery Rickshaw-Van, and Easybike Sangram Parishad held a rally in front of the Nationwide Press Club, presenting a seven-level request aimed at resolving their challenges and securing their livelihoods.
On 19 November, the High Court ordered the authorities enthusiastic to take creep to forestall operations of battery-jog rickshaws in Dhaka metropolis internal three days.
