Transport strike in Ctg postponed until Jan 3
Our Correspondent | Wednesday, 21 December 2011
Our Correspondent
CHITTAGONG, Dec 20: The bus owners' association in southeast Chittagong has postponed their transport strike for 15 days following a meeting with the local administration. "The transport strike has been postponed until January 03, 2012 following a meeting of the bus owners and workers with the ADC (general) of Chittagong Ehsan Elahi in the evening," said Md Musa, joint convener of the transport owners' association. He said that they have decided to temporarily suspend the programme in honour of the arrival of Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina. "We have heard that the PM arrives Chittagong tomorrow and on December 27. To show respect to her we have decided to postpone the programme," Musa said. He said that they had a two hour meeting with the ADC in the evening. The local administration has assured us of looking into the matter. The workers have already started plying buses at around 7.40 pm, he said. Earlier from Monday night, bus owners had enforced an indefinite strike on Chittagong - Cox's Bazar > Chittagong - Bandarban and 17 other local routes isolating the port city from the south-eastern region.
CHITTAGONG, Dec 20: The bus owners' association in southeast Chittagong has postponed their transport strike for 15 days following a meeting with the local administration. "The transport strike has been postponed until January 03, 2012 following a meeting of the bus owners and workers with the ADC (general) of Chittagong Ehsan Elahi in the evening," said Md Musa, joint convener of the transport owners' association. He said that they have decided to temporarily suspend the programme in honour of the arrival of Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina. "We have heard that the PM arrives Chittagong tomorrow and on December 27. To show respect to her we have decided to postpone the programme," Musa said. He said that they had a two hour meeting with the ADC in the evening. The local administration has assured us of looking into the matter. The workers have already started plying buses at around 7.40 pm, he said. Earlier from Monday night, bus owners had enforced an indefinite strike on Chittagong - Cox's Bazar > Chittagong - Bandarban and 17 other local routes isolating the port city from the south-eastern region.