Garment workers returning to Dhaka in the dead of night. bdnews24.com



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Sunday
Threatening to ‘go to work’ if you don’t go to work at the garment factory in the morning
Several garment workers said yes.

Workers from Mymensingh tried to reach Dhaka in groups from Saturday morning, but the police detained them.

Coronavirus
The government has decided to stop all public transport since the last week of March to prevent infection.
There is. However, to maintain the supply of daily necessities without emergency vehicles.
Formal transportation of goods.

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Hundreds of people from different districts of the country, including Mymensingh, reported the clothing opening earlier in the month.
The head of the country came to work to save his job by walking more than a kilometer
Factory workers earning foreign exchange.

Garment opening: Hundreds of workers walk from Mymensingh to Dhaka

Saturday morning at midnight
To Mymensingh Jute Warehouse Bridge Crossing
Clothes tied to Dhaka can be seen in the area
Personal. However, the police returned them to their homes during the day.

But the garment workers returned
Many people stay on the side of the road in the Char Kalibari area without going.

Saturday
Bdnews24.com spoke to some garment workers on their way to Dhaka from Mymensingh after 11 p.m.
Twentyfour.com.

Garment worker Marufa Akhter
“We have been told by phone
The garments will open at 8 am on Sunday. Join work before 8 a.m.
You have to do it.

“If we don’t go at the right time, we will lose our jobs.” So at night I went to Tongi with the baby on my lap
Giving

“I came from Muktagachha by van to the detour, along with my brother. Now go to Tongi by van
I’m trying there is no car, so the rent should double. ”

Gazipur natural denims
Activist Sumi Akhter said: “He is calling me in the afternoon
Garments open tomorrow. So from Netrokona to Mymensingh
Coming soon by car. I came here because of the police obstruction.

“However, anyway
However, you must be present before 8 am. Otherwise there will be no work. “

Jabed Jobed Tongi Dyed
Ruhul Amin factory worker said: “Garments
The garment will open from tomorrow. Upon receiving the news, the girl after Iftar
I left the Bhannamari village of Gauripur upazila by car.

“The Mymensingh police prohibited us from going to Dhaka. They spoke to the driver of a fish car from the front of the bypass with their eyes closed.
It will take us to Tongi. ”

He said that he would leave his daughter in Ashulia and go to Tongi.

“If work is not the only hope
Children
What to do with it. So I’m risking my life. ”

Rubel, a resident of Bypass Junction
Hossain and Naimur Rahman said, hundreds
Hundreds of workers go to Dhaka during the day.
When they tried, the police arrested them. Many
At the risk of his life avoiding the eyes of the police.
Go to work

Two days in a row with the workers.
He is joking
Disappointed

Gazipur Design Tex
Harunur is the garment quality assurance manager
Rashid said that the top authorities at his factory had ordered them to open the garments. For this reason, the branch workers of the jacket of their factory
Educated to join the job.

OC of Mymensingh Kotwali Police Station
Mahmudul Islam said: “We have to open garments
There are no instructions. That is why we are preventing the workers from leaving. ”

Even at night, some workers went to Dhaka on CNG and picked up
“However, garment workers will be able to leave as soon as instructions are received,” he said.

At Chittagong
Although the authorities have announced the opening of some factories, they are about to open some in Dhaka.
No clear announcement found.

Chittagong EPZ GM Khurshid Alam on Saturday bdnews24.com
“Different factories have been operating since Sunday
It will partially start working. In accordance with the standards of safety and health of workers.
He has been asked to run the factory. “

On the other hand
According to media reports, a limited number of garment factories in the Dhaka division will open on Sunday.
Owners organizations BGMEA and BKMEA have decided.

Factory on the BGMEA website
He has expressed some suggestions in the opening case. Contains the factory
He asked to employ workers who live nearby. At the same time, those who return from town.
They came to dissuade them from joining the job
And he advises not to enter the factory.

However
Despite this advice, workers everywhere return from the village after receiving a call from the factory.
Filled with various alternative modes of transportation in the dark of night without worrying about social distance.
They were seen on the way to Dhaka.



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