Workers of a readymade apparel factory have put a blockade on a road in the port city’s Colonel Hat area demanding one month arrears.
The stalemate lasted for one hour starting from yesterday afternoon saw the end in the face of action by local industrial police action.
When asked, Akbar Shah police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Sadip Kumar Das confirmed the incident, telling about 150 workers of Maskan Jeans and Fashion Ltd started demanding their arrears through a gathering around 2pm in front of their factory on Badamtal intersection in the area halting the traffic movement on the entry point of the city.
Industrial Police Detective Branch Inspector Arifur Rahman said though the factory authorities promised to pay the arrears to the protesting workers yesterday, but they finally missed the deadline and the workers being infuriated by the move created a blockade on the road.
Being informed, police rushed to the spot and lifted the barricade on assurance of meeting their demand, said Inspector Arif adding that the company officials informed them of paying the arrears today.