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DHAKA: Readymade garment (RMG) workers from several factories blocked the road at Mirpur-10 roundabout in the capital, demanding higher wages, disrupting traffic in the area. They staged the blockade around 9:30am on Thursday.
A post on the Mirpur Traffic Division’s Facebook page said traffic movement at Mirpur-10 roundabout was temporarily disrupted due to the garment workers’ protest.
Police said several hundred workers from a number of garment factories began demonstrating at the roundabout in the morning, demanding that their minimum monthly wage be raised to Tk 30,000. At one stage, traffic movement came to a halt, causing severe congestion on nearby roads.
Sazia Afroz, assistant commissioner (AC) of the Pallabi Traffic Zone, said workers from several garment factories blocked the road at Mirpur-10 roundabout around 9:30am. However, she could not identify which factories the protesting workers belonged to.
