Easy-bike drivers brought out a procession in Lalmonirhat on Wednesday demanding the battery-powered three-wheelers be allowed on all roads including the highway and calling for their recognition as form of public transport in the town.
The drivers submitted a memorandum regarding the matter to the deputy commissioner and later formed a human chain at the Mission Crossing area. At least 3,000 easy-bike drivers took part in the procession, which was arranged by District Easy-Bike Association Malik-Chalok Kalyan Samity.
The organisation’s Advisor Maniruzzaman Manir, President Mazmul Haque, General Secretary Abdur Rashid, and Organising Secretary Jahid Hasan, spoke in the human chain.
The group alleged that the district motor owner’s association was trying to ban their easy-bike from the highway even though residents were benefitting from the comfortable and short duration travel it offered. Additionally, easy-bike presented job opportunities to thousands of educated unemployed youths in the district, they said.
Easy-bike drivers warned at least 15,000 families in the district who are dependent on easy-bike would suffer if the administration bans their transport from the highway.
“On behalf the Lalmonirhat DC Habibur Rahman, Additional DC Zakir Hossain assured us the district administration must take necessary steps to implement our demands,” said Mazmul.
“If the district administration does not take any fruitful step to implement their demands, the easy-bike owners, drivers and their families would take to the road for tougher movement by a week, said Rashid in the human chain.
