Drivers of CNG-run auto-rickshaws have enforced strike for an indefinite period in Mirsarai upazila of Chittagong, protesting the ban on auto-rickshaw movement on highways.
The announcement came from a human chain staged on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Mirsarai on Saturday afternoon.
Baro Aaolia Highway police outpost OC Md Shahidullah said the auto-rickshaw drivers demanded the withdrawal of the ban.
Also Read: Auto-rickshaws on highways ban from Aug 1
Amid sharp rise in road fatalities, the government clamped a ban on the movement of three-wheelers, auto-rickshaws and non-motorised vehicles on highways across the country with effect from August 1.
More than 240 people died in a series of road accidents before and after the Eid-ul-Fitr across the country.
