Pabna rickshaw-pullers stage demo to realise 9-point demand
Rickshaw pullers staged a demonstration in Pabna town this morning to press home their nine-point demand including reduction of license issuance fee.
More than 600 rickshaw pullers under the banner of Pabna District Rickshaw Labour Union took position in front of the Pabna municipality office around 9:00 demand, our district correspondent reports.
Security measures were also beefed up at the entrance of the Pabna municipality office, which remained closed following the agitation which went on for three hours till 12:00 pm.
Their other demands include cancellation of holding tax on the pullers, installation of restroom for those who work at night, eviction of illegal shops at the places designated for rickshaw stands, the correspondent reports quoting Shohrab Hosen, president of Pabna District Rickshaw Labour Union.
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