Dhaka, March 29 -- Bangladesh Autorickshaw-Autotempo Transport Workers Federation (BAATWF) urged the government, transport owners and affluent people to provide food and other essentials to the transport workers who have become jobless due to, the current situation created over coronavirus.
President of the BAATWF Md Fulmia Bhuiyan and General Secretary Md Golam Faruk in a joint statement made the call saying that about 700,000 transport workers who are engaged in auto-rickshaw (three wheelers) and auto-tempo sector have become unemployed during the general holiday announced by the government .
They said these transport workers earn their wages on daily-work basis and when the transport operation is suspended they have no way to earn mone...