City Reporter: Quota activists are protesting by blocking the Chittagong-Cox’s Bazar highway in the pre-announced ‘Complete Shutdown’ program of the anti-discrimination student movement, demanding quota reforms. Due to this, traffic on the highway is closed.
On Thursday, July 18, around 10 a.m., the quota activists gathered at the Shah Amanat Bridge area of Chittagong and took a stand. After that, they started protesting on the Chittagong-Cox’s Bazar highway. Traffic stopped on the highway. Many cars were stuck on Karnaphuli and Anwara roads.
Police and BGB members have taken positions there to bring the unpleasant situation under control.
Earlier on Wednesday (July 17) at around 3 p.m., general students protested against the quota in Chandnaish, Chittagong. The procession took off from the town hall of Dohzari municipality in the upazila.
The protest march went around the Chittagong-Cox’s Bazar highway up to the main road of Dohazari town-headquarters and Dewanhat, chanting anti-quota slogans. The hour-long protest march ended at Dohajari Jamizuri. Rahman High School meets on the field.
Traffic on the Chittagong-Cox’s Bazar highway was stopped for about half an hour during the procession.
