Petrol pump, tank-lorry owners call 7-hr strike for Aug 28

Country's petrol pump and tank-lorry owners and workers yesterday announced a 7-hour strike for August 28 to press home their 12-point demand, including cancellation of ‘abnormal’ land lease charge, UNB reports. As per the announcement, all petrol pumps and tank-lorry operations will remain off from 6 am to 3 pm on the day. Bangladesh Petrol Pump and Tank-lorry Owners-Workers Unity Council, a new body formed by the owners and workers in the sector, announced the programme at a press conference at a city hotel. One of their main demands is cancellation of new ‘abnormal’ land lease charge imposed by the Roads and Highways Department (RHD) for the use of its land by petrol pump owners for the operation of their pumps across the country. "Our land lease charge has been raised by about 188 times through a recent order. Currently, we pay about Tk 64,000 annually for the use of a land. Once the new rate is effective, we’ll have to pay Tk 27 lakh a year," said Nazmul Haque, president of the Petrol Pump and Tank-lorry Owners-Workers Unity Council, citing an example of a land in Matuail area.

 

Petrol pump, tank-lorry owners call 7-hr strike for Aug 28

Countrys petrol pump and tank-lorry owners and workers yesterday announced a 7-hour strike for August 28 to press home their 12-point demand, including cancellation of abnormal land lease charge, UNB reports. As per the announcement, all petrol pumps and tank-lorry operations will remain off from 6 am to 3 pm on the day. Bangladesh Petrol Pump and Tank-lorry Owners-Workers Unity Council, a new body formed by the owners and workers in the sector, announced the programme at a press conference at a city hotel. One of their main demands is cancellation of new abnormal land lease charge imposed by the Roads and Highways Department (RHD) for the use of its land by petrol pump owners for the operation of their pumps across the country. Our land lease charge has been raised by about 188 times through a recent order. Currently, we pay about Tk 64,000 annually for the use of a land. Once the new rate is effective, well have to pay Tk 27 lakh a year, said Nazmul Haque, president of the Petrol Pump and Tank-lorry Owners-Workers Unity Council, citing an example of a land in Matuail area.