প্রকাশ: 31/10/2022
A 48-hour goods transport strike is underway in Sylhet on
Monday (October 31), demanding the withdrawal of the ban on stone extraction as
well as the reopening of stone quarries.
The strike, enforced by Sylhet truck, pickup, covered van
malik-sramik pikya parishad, started at 6 am.
Golam Hadi Chaiful, convener of the council said, “Our
workers are observing the strike peacefully.”
They will go on indefinite strike in the district if their
demand is not met, he further said.
A meeting of goods transport workers' leaders was held at
the Deputy Commissioner's office on Sunday afternoon but no solution came from
the meeting.
Although the district administration said that the leaders
have assured them of withdrawal of the strike the workers’ leaders said no such
decision has been taken.
On Sunday, the goods transport owners decided to go on the
strike, demanding withdrawal of a ban on stone extraction and reopening of
stone quarries in the district’s Jaflong, Bichanakandi and Bholaganj.
According to the transport workers and owners, a total of 15
lakh people are directly involved in the stone business in Sylhet.
Transport workers said stones from the quarries had long
been transported across the country since the country's independence but a
government ban for the last five years has had an adverse impact on the freight
transport owners.
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