Diploma engineers' blockade halts Dhaka's rail links with Mymensingh, Rajshahi
The protesters blocked the railway tracks at Bhurulia in the city, halting train communication on Dhaka-Rajshahi and Dhaka-Mymensingh routes.
Diploma engineers and diploma students blocked railway tracks in Gazipur yesterday (2 February) to protest the 33% quota for BSc engineers in the recruitment of sub-assistant engineers and to press their five-point demand.
The protesters blocked the railway tracks at Bhurulia in the city, halting train communication on Dhaka-Rajshahi and Dhaka-Mymensingh routes.
Earlier, they gathered at Bhurulia Mist intersection and brought out a procession which paraded through Shimultoli-Gazipur road.
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Speakers at the protest rally said the proposal to allocate a 33% quota for BSc engineers in the post of sub-assistant engineer is a deep conspiracy to destroy the technical education system.
They alleged that such an unreasonable recommendation was made to destabilise the country ahead of the upcoming national election. They called on the government to immediately withdraw the proposed quota and accept the legitimate demands of diploma engineers. Otherwise, the speakers warned of launching tougher programmes.
Quaiyum Ali, Officer-in-Charge of Joydebpur Railway Station Police Outpost, said several trains including Banalata Express, Rangpur Express, Chapai Express and Teesta Express remained stranded at different stations due to the blockade.
