People continued to suffer immensely as the inter-district bus communications between Rajshahi and Chapainawabganj remained suspended for the second consecutive day on Tuesday.
鈥榃e sat in a meeting with the district and police administrations and Chapainawabganj transport leaders on Tuesday, but failed to come to a solution. We will again sit with them on Wednesday,鈥� said Rafiqul Islam, acting general secretary of Rajshahi Motor Workers Union.
He said that the bus communication between the two districts would resume once the existing problem among the Rajshahi-Chapainawabganj transport leaders and workers was solved.
Earlier, bus communications on the Rajshahi-Chapainawabganj route was suspended without any prior notice for an unidentified period on Monday morning after transport workers of the two districts had beaten each other over a trivial matter.
People traveling on this route continued to suffer immensely on Tuesday due to the strike.
According to the Rajshahi Road Transport Group, about 75 short- and long-route buses ply on the Chapainawabganj-Rajshahi route every day.
Fatema Rahman, an official of a non-government organisation who was waiting in the Rajshahi Rail Gate area for a CNG-run three-wheeler, told 抖阴精品 that she needed to go to Shibganj upazila for urgent official work.
鈥楽ince the bus communications is suspended, the CNG- and battery-powered three-wheeler drivers are charging almost double than the normal bus fares. Besides, I will have to change transports twice to thrice to reach my destinations with an additional cost,鈥� she said.
