Sale and transportation of fuel oil from around 2,000 petrol pumps in these divisions stopped at 6am, said Bangladesh Petrol Pump Owners’ Association Senior Vice-President MA Momin Dulal.
The leaders of Bangladesh Petrol Pump Owners’ Association, Tank Lorry Malik Sramik Oikya Parishad, Petrol Pump Dealer Distributor Owners’ Association urged all concerned to make the strike successful from a meeting at Khulna Divisional Tank Lorry Owners’ Association building on Saturday.
The associations on November 26 gave until November 30 to fulfill their 15 demands that include payment of 7.5 percent sales commission, introduction of accident insurance of Tk 5 lakh for tank lorry workers, and an end to police harassment.
Power, Energy and Mineral Resources secretary called a meeting with the association’s leaders on December 15 which they have rejected, said Dulal.
“The strike will continue until our demands are met,” he added.
Contacted, Bangladesh Petrol Pump Owners’ Association President Nazmul Haque said that there is no link between the striking organisations and the association.
Two leaders- Sajjadul Karim Kabul and Mizanur Rahman Ratan, who are leading the strike, were expelled from the association in 2004 and 2019 respectively, he said.