Vehicular movement on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway remained halted for two hours on Tuesday as local people blocked the road protesting the drive against illegal gas connection.
Md Ibrahim, executive magistrate and assistant commissioner (land) of Sonargaon upazila, said a mobile court conducted a drive in Pirojpur union of Sonargaon against the illegal gas connections. During the drive, they also snapped 3,000 illegal gas connections.
At one stage, the illegal gas users obstructed them and took to the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway around 2:00pm protesting the drive. They also staged a demonstration there, creating a 15km long tailback from Shimrail to Meghnaghat point of the highway.
On information, police rushed to the spot and tried to quell the matter. A chase and counter-chase took place during the incident.
The protesters also set fire to tyres on the highway.
Later, the vehicular movement became normal around 4:00pm after police intervention.
