Workers of a readymade garment (RMG) factory blocked Dhaka-Mymensingh highway for one and a half hours demanding to extend their vacation by two days on the occasion of the holy Eid-ul-Fitr on Thursday.
The protest caused severe traffic tailback on the both ends of the highway, causing suffering to commuters.
Locals said workers of Utah Knitting & Dyeing Ltd in Gazipur’s Hotapara took to the highway and put a barricade to press home their demand in the morning.
The blockade enforced by the workers continued till 9:30am beginning at 8am.
Earlier, the factory authorities announced a 10-day holiday for the workers marking the Eid, but they rejected it demanding to extend it by two days.
At one stage, the workers staged demonstration and later took to the highway disrupting traffic movement.
Joydebpur police station’s officer-in-charge Abdul Halim said normalcy returned to the highway after workers left when the factory authority accepted their demand.
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