Dhaka, Nov. 21 -- Traffic in Dhaka's Mohakhali has returned to normal after five hours as drivers of battery-powered rickshaws left the area after chases and counter chases with law-enforcing agencies and vandalism surrounding their road blockade to protest the High Court's decision to ban their vehicles from the Dhaka metropolitan area.

The roads and rail lines in the Mohakhali area were able to return to normal after 3pm on Thursday, said Rasel Sarwar, chief of Banani Police Station.

The protesting drivers started to gather at the Mohakhali Rail Gate after 9am. At one point, they staged a demonstration by blocking the road around 10am, he said.

Dhaka Railway Police Station chief Joynal Abedin said the rail links between the capital's...