Auto-rickshaw and light vehicle transport workers submitted a memorandum to the deputy commissioner (DC) offices in Dhaka and other districts to realise their 10-point demand.
After a gathering at Bahadur Shah Park in the old city, the leaders and activists of Bangladesh Auto-Rickshaw Light Vehicle Transport Workers (BALTWF) submitted their memorandum to the DC office in the city.
The demands include immediate handing over of promised 5000 auto-rickshaw (3-wheelers) in Dhaka and 4000 in Chattagram to the drivers as per decision of the Road Transport and Bridges Ministry, proper implementation of driver appointment law 1980, amendment to 21 clauses to the Road Transport Law 2018, constriction of divider and by-lane on the highways to check accidents, providing training to drivers at the government initiatives and issuing gazette notification to include the representatives of three wheelers in district RTC.
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The meeting, with BALTWF president Abul Hossain, was addressed by general secretary of the organisation Golam Faruk, Haji Bahauddin Nobel, Rafiqul Islam and Zainal Abedin.
At the end of the meeting, a delegation led by the president and general secretary of Dhaka district unit of BALTWF submitted the memorandum to the deputy commissioner of Dhaka.
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According to a press release, the other units of BALTWF similarly submitted their memorandum to the DCs of Cumilla, Brahmanbaria, Habiganj, Sylhet, Moulvibazar, Kurigram, Sherpur, Faridpur, Rajbari, Rangpur, Bhola, Chittagong North, Chittagong South, Cox's Bazar, Khulna, Jessore, Rajshahi, Narsingdi, Jamalpur, Mymensingh, Netrakona, Naogaon.