Transport workers in Sylhet have called an indefinite strike to press home their five-point demand, including an end to gas crisis.

The strike will be observed across Sylhet district from 6:00 am on Wednesday (February 28) until further notice.

Indefinite transport strike called in Sylhet from Wednesday

Mohammad Zakaria Ahmed, central committee law affairs secretary of Bangladesh Road Transport Workers Federation and president of the Sylhet District CNG-run Auto-Rickshaw Workers Union, confirmed the information at 9:00 pm on Tuesday.

It is learned that for a long time, the approved load at CNG pumps in Sylhet runs out after 18 to 20 days of each month. This causes extreme suffering for the drivers of CNG-run vehicles.

On Sunday, transport workers staged a human chain at the city's Court Point, demanding the removal of all obstacles and restrictions on CNG loading of all CNG-run vehicles in Sylhet district.

The speakers at the human chain, organised under the banner of Sylhet District Road Transport Workers Unity Council, said that Sylhet residents have been suffering due to the gas crisis for a long time. There is currently an acute gas crisis.

Indefinite transport strike on Sylhet-Tamabil road from Monday

Transport workers are not getting gas after standing in line for hours at various CNG pumps every day. Despite informing the Sylhet deputy commissioner, local ministers, and MPs about the gas crisis in the past few years to resolve the issue, it remains unresolved.

Transport leaders had said if the gas load is not increased and the crisis is not resolved by Tuesday, all transport workers in Sylhet will observe a work stoppage from Wednesday.

Transport strike on Sylhet-Zakiganj route called off

Sylhet District Bus-Minibus Workers Union President Moynul Islam said that transport workers in Sylhet will start an indefinite work stoppage starting Wednesday morning in protest of the five demands. He warned that the entire Sylhet division would be paralysed if necessary.