RMG unrest continues for 3rd day

The unrest in apparel sector that stemmed three days ago from the workers’ demand for fixing minimum monthly salary to Tk 8,000 erupted in different parts of Dhaka, Gazipur and Savar Monday morning.At least 20 people including six police personnel were injured as the aggrieved workers engaged in sporadic clashes with law enforcers in Tejgaon area of Dhaka and in Savar, on the outskirts of the capital.The authorities of almost all the readymade garment factories in Gazipur decided to suspend production at their units having suffered from the unrest, said Mosharraf Hossain, assistant superintendent of Gazipur Industrial Police.The incident of chase and counter-chase was also reported from the unrest-torn areas, reported our correspondents.The road communications on Dhaka-Mymensingh and Dhaka-Aricha highways also remain suspended since the morning as the apparel workers put barricades at different points in Tongi upazila in Gazipur and in Savar. They also damaged at least 25 vehicles on the highways.The marauding workers also vandalised at least five RMG units on Dhaka-Tangail highway at Konabari in Gazipur and several in Savar.

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The demonstration ensued around 10:00am in Tejgaon Industrial zone area when several thousand workers of different garment factories including Nasa Group took position there, said media reports.As the road communication came to a halt on Gulshan-Tejgaon Link Road areas following the protest, police rushed to the spot and fired teargas canisters to disperse the agitating workers.Around one hour later, the traffic movement resumed.The agitating workers torched two motorcycles and one microbus in front of Tofaz Garments at Nabisco intersection, reports Bangla daily Prothom Alo, quoting Sirajul Alam, inspector of Special Branch of police.