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.
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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.