RMG workers’ demo halts traffic at Mirpur

Traffic movement at Mirpur (Section 10 to Section 12) in the city remained halted for one hour as the workers of a readymade garment factory (RMG) staged a demonstration over payment of their dues on Saturday. Ziauzzaman, officer-in-charge of Pallabi Police Station, said the workers of Softex Garment Factory staged a demonstration after seeing a notice hung at the factory gate declaring the RMG unit closed on the ground of the shaky state of its building. The workers later took to the street in front of the factory and staged a sit-in there at about 9:00 am. As the news spread, the authorities of several other garment factories in the area suspended their production to avert possible violence. At one stage, the workers staged a demonstration on the main road from Mirpur section- 11 to section- 12, disrupting vehicular movement, according to a news agency.