NASA Group garment workers protest, block roads demanding unpaid wages

❐ Staff Reporter

A group of garment workers protested by blocking the Tejgaon Link Road in the capital, demanding arrears of wages. Traffic was disrupted in the area for some time. However, the situation is said to be normal.

Updated information on road blockades has been provided by the traffic police of Gulshan Zone in Dhaka Metropolitan City on Sunday, April 5th.

Police said that after 10 am, a group of approximately 1,000 garment workers started a protest by blocking the road at the mouth of the Tejgaon Link Road between Mohakhali and Nabisco, demanding their arrears of several months. During this time, the movement of vehicles on the Tejgaon-Mohakali-Uttara route and the Uttara-Mohakali-Tejgaon route was stopped.

The city’s residents were left exhausted by the heavy traffic jams. People who went out for urgent work, including office and court work, suffered greatly.

To avoid inconvenience during the blockade, traffic police have instructed vehicles to follow diversions.

Road users are informed that the elevated expressway can be used to travel on the Uttara-Mohakali route. The Mohakhali flyover can be used to travel from Uttara/Gulshan/Banani towards Tejgaon.

Apart from this, the Kakoli left turn-Kamal Ataturk Road-Gulshan-2 to Notun Bazar/Gulshan-1 is going to the destination of Rampura, Hatir Jheel. Similarly, movement can be done from the opposite direction.

Later, law enforcement officers tried to explain the situation to the protesters. Realizing the suffering of the common people, the workers withdrew from the road blockade.

The situation returned to normal when the protesters left the streets around 11 am.

No responsible official from NASA Group agreed to comment on this matter.

However, an official from the production department, who did not wish to be named, said that many factories of the NASA Group have faced major losses due to various issues including the economic recession, reduced work orders, and fuel. As a result, workers’ salaries have also been delayed.