Garment workers blocked the road at Kuril in the capital on Wednesday, demanding arrears and allowances.
The blockade halted the vehicular movement on both sides of the road, causing severe suffering to the commuters.
On the Traffic Alert group on Facebook, one user posted at about 3:15pm that he was stuck on Airport Road for over an hour.
鈥楾he Bangladesh government should make a law preventing all from blocking the roads as many people have medical emergencies, flights to catch and important meetings. Serious measures need to be taken to solve this issue,鈥� he said in his post.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police additional deputy commissioner for the Gulshan Traffic Division Ziaur Rahman said that 500鈥�600 workers of Eurozone Fashion Garments began the blockade at about 12:00 noon, pressing their demands for unpaid wages and allowances.
鈥楾he road remained blocked for about four hours, causing vehicles on the Uttara-Badda-Rampura route to be stuck in long traffic jams,鈥� he said.
Vehicular movement resumed after protesters left the road at about 3:50pm, added the police official.
Eurozone Fashion Garments managing director KG Morshed could not be reached for comments over phone.