, Feb. 19 -- Food supply activities in Khulna have come to a standstill following an indefinite strike by members of Khulna Food Transport Contractors Association, with leaders blaming a truck owners' syndicate for the crisis.

The work stoppage has halted the movement of goods trucks and suspended loading and unloading activities at Maheshwarpasha, CSD, and 4 and 7 No ghat areas of Khulna, disrupting government emergency services, according to the association.

Around 270 contractors were engaged under the Food Transport (Road Division) in 2005. Due to the absence of fresh tenders since then, they have been operating for nearly two decades under the same 2005 rates, the contractors said.

Business leaders warned that if the indefinite wo...