Workers from several garment factories in the capital’s Mirpur area blocked the Mirpur-10 intersection on Sunday morning as they pressed for a minimum monthly wage of Tk 30,000, bringing traffic to a standstill on several connecting roads.
Witnesses said several hundred workers gathered at the intersection in the morning and completely blocked it around 9:00am, halting vehicular movement on the roads connecting Mirpur-11 with Agargaon and Mirpur-2 with Mirpur-13.
A senior female officer of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Traffic Division said traffic remained suspended since around 9:00am due to the blockade.
The blockade was still continuing when this report was filed around 11:25am.
However, the officer, requesting anonymity, said the blockade was expected to be withdrawn soon as the authorities concerned already held discussions with the workers’ leaders.
Earlier, garment workers blocked several roads in Mirpur for around five hours each on October 29 and Saturday, demanding a minimum monthly wage of Tk 30,000.
Following Saturday’s blockade, some workers also vandalised several garment factories and shopping malls.