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Bus service halted on C’nawabganj-Rajshahi route
Bus services on the Chapainawabganj-Rajshahi route remained suspended since Monday morning following a dispute between transport workers of the two districts.
Passengers traveling along this route have been facing trouble since morning and many were forced to use smaller vehicles such as CNG-run auto-rickshaws at high fares.
Anarul Islam, a leader of transport workers in Chapainawabganj, said the workers and bus drivers of both Chapainawabganj and Rajshahi route were locked into an altercation over a trifling matter on Friday.
At one stage, the transport workers and bus drivers from Rajshahi route beat up a driver on Chapainawabganj route mercilessly.
Protesting the assault, a bus from Rajshahi was vandalised in Chapainawabganj, he said.
As a result, all direct passenger bus services between the two districts have been suspended.
A meeting between transport owners and workers from both districts is scheduled to be held on Monday at the Rajshahi Bus Owners’ Association office in an effort to resolve the dispute, reports UNB.