Diploma students block road at Satrasta intersection in Tejgaon demanding four points

Staff Correspondent

Students of Diploma Engineers and Polytechnic Institute blocked the road at Satrasta intersection in Tejgaon in the capital from 11 am on Wednesday with four demands. After staying for approximately three and a half hours and blocking the road, they left the road at around 2:30 pm after a protest, procession and discussion.

The blockade brought traffic to a standstill on nearby roads, including the Satrasta intersection, and caused severe traffic jams in various parts of the capital.

The students’ demands are:

1. Ensuring the maximum punishment for those who ‘threaten to shoot and slaughter in public’ against diploma engineers from the Engineering Rights Movement.

2. The three-point demands of the B.Sc. Engineering students are being termed as ‘unreasonable’ and demand that the state immediately stop all activities conducted on their behalf.

3. Fully implement the outline and recommendations of the six-point demands raised by the Technical Students’ Movement, Bangladesh.

4. Launching engineering one-channel education.

Students say that propaganda is being spread against the country’s nearly 4 million diploma engineers and nearly 400,000 polytechnic students.

They claim that the three-point demands made by B.Sc. Engineering students will create instability in the national workplace and widen the gap between students and job seekers.

Police said negotiations are underway with the protesters and efforts are being made to bring the situation under control.

Finally, they left the road around 2:30 pm. Earlier, as part of the program, a sit-in program called ‘Kaktaduya Dahan’ was announced to be held at all polytechnics and important points in the country on Thursday.