Motijheel and its adjacent areas witnessed a huge traffic jam on Tuesday morning as workers of a RMG factory blocked roads protesting at the relocation of their factory to Keraniganj.
According to the workers, the authority of Olio Apparels Ltd had relocated the factory from North Kamalapur area in the capital to Keraniganj without any prior notice.
At least 400 to 500 workers put barricade at different points in Motijheel area at 8:30am, hampering movement of vehicles, said Yasir Arafat, officer-in-Charge of Motijheel police station.
This resulted in a huge traffic jam in the areas and traffic police had been trying to disperse them from the area, he said.
At about 1:00pm the protesting workers were seen staging demonstrations from Kamalapur point to Al Helal crossing area near Notore Dam College, FM Bajlur Rashid, assistant commissioner (traffic-Motijheel zone), told UNB.
However, police were trying to ease traffic jam and vehicles started moving near Shapla Chattar area in Motijheel around 1:00pm, he said.
