Bus services on C’nawabganj-Rajshahi route halted over attack on driver

Bus services on the Chapainawabganj-Rajshahi route have remained suspended since Monday morning following a dispute between transport workers of the two districts.

Passengers travelling along this route have been facing trouble since morning, and many were forced to use smaller vehicles such as CNG-run auto-rickshaws at high fares.

Anarul Islam, a leader of transport workers in Chapainawabganj, said the workers and bus drivers of both Chapainawabganj and Rajshahi routes were locked into an altercation over a trifling matter on Friday, according to UNB.

At one stage, the transport workers and bus drivers from Rajshahi route beat up a driver on Chapainawabganj route mercilessly.

Protesting the assault, a bus from Rajshahi was vandalised in Chapainawabganj, he said.

As a result, all direct passenger bus services between the two districts have been suspended.

A meeting between transport owners and workers from both districts is scheduled to be held on Monday at the Rajshahi Bus Owners’ Association office in an effort to resolve the dispute.