Auto-rickshaw operators block Dhaka-M\\\'singh highway

CNG-run auto-rickshaw owners and workers blocked the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Joina Bazar area in Sripur. The protesters also staged a demonstration on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Gazipur protesting the government decision to ban plying of the three- wheeler on the highways across the country. They staged demonstration in different areas of Joydebpur and Chandona Chowrasta of the city in the morning. Earlier on Monday, the government clamped a ban on the movement of the light vehicles like three-wheeler and non-motorised vehicles on the highways across the country with effect from August 1. The ban came in the wake of deaths of over 240 people in a series of road accidents before and after the Eid-ul-Fitr across the country, according to a news agency.

-SRS