A sit-in protest has been initiated in front of the National Press Club on Sunday, under the banner of the Rickshaw-Van-E-Bike Labor Union, demanding a 12-point demand.
As a result, traffic has come to a halt from the High Court to Kadam Foara and from the Press Club to Paltan, causing significant inconvenience to commuters.
The demands of the protesters include: Withdrawal of the High Court's order to ban battery-operated vehicles, granting BRTA licenses to battery-operated vehicles, modernizing the country's roads according to proper design standards, providing logical route permits for battery-operated vehicles, creating policies for the operation of battery-operated vehicles, forming a road management and planning committee with worker representatives, and the activation of lane systems and the construction of service lanes on roads.
The rickshaw drivers have announced that they will continue their protest until their demands are met.
Bangladesh Udichi Shilpigosthi is showing solidarity by performing mass songs with the protesters.
On Tuesday, the High Court bench, led by Justices Fatema Najib and Mahmudur Razi, directed the authorities to halt the movement of battery-operated rickshaws within three days in the Dhaka metropolitan area.
The court also issued a rule asking why the continued operation of these vehicles would not be declared illegal.
Following this order, battery-powered rickshaw drivers have been protesting in various parts of the capital.