Dhaka, Nov. 20 -- Over 100 battery-run rickshaw drivers have taken to the streets in the capital's Dayaganj to protest the High Court decision banning the vehicles from the Dhaka Metropolitan Area.

The drivers had gathered for nearly three hours on Wednesday before they attempted to block the road. Police then obstructed them.

Around 12:30pm, the drivers left the road and the traffic in the area has since returned to normal according to Kapil Dev Gyne, assistant commissioner of the Traffic Wari Zone of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police.

"The rickshaw drivers began gathering in the Dayaganj area around 9am," he said. "Around 11:30am, they blocked the road, causing heavy traffic congestion."

"When they were instructed to clear the road, the...