An organisation of transport workers has protested the ban on the plying human hauler in Dhaka, locally known as Leguna, in the city's main road.
The Bangladesh Auto-rickshaw Auto-tempo Transport Workers Federation (BAATWF) issued a statement on Wednesday protesting the ban, imposed by Dhaka Metropolitan Police recently, reports UNB.
BAATWF president Rezaul Islam and secretary Golam Faruque said that ban on such vehicles without arranging alternative job for the transport workers will hit hard their livelihoods.
They said about 4500 Legunas obtained permission from the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) and several thousand workers are earning livelihood in this sector.
"But it is not understandable as why now all on a sudden a ban on such vehicles was imposed when these are providing services not only the people, also to the government administration," they said.
The organisation said such action is like cutting off the nose to spite the face.