Bus workers block Jamalpur ferry terminal causing chaos


FE Team | Published: March 02, 2025 23:56:46


Bus workers block Jamalpur ferry terminal causing chaos


JAMALPUR, Mar 02 (UNB): Bus and minibus workers blockaded Jamalpur ferry terminal for around one hour protesting an arson attack on a bus following a road accident that left one killed and three others injured on Sunday.
The blockade halted vehicle ferrying through the terminal, causing suffering to commuters.
A man, Abul Kashem, was killed and three others were injured in a collision between an autorickshaw and a passenger bus on Jamalpur-Mymensingh highway in Joyrampur area under Jamalpur Sadar upazila on Sunday morning.
Enraged by the accident, a mob set fire to the bus, triggering anger among bus workers. Later, firefighters doused the fire.
Protesting the arson attack, the transport workers put a barricade at the ferry terminal, snapping the crossing of vehicles.

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