On September 4 last year, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia announced the shutdown of lagunas operating across the capital on different routes. ‘Lengthy negotiation’On March 9, the correspondent spoke with a number of laguna drivers, who operate on the Jhigatola-Farmgate route. Golap, a laguna driver operating on the Farmgate-60 Feet route, said: “We rent lagunas on a day-to-day basis. Laguna routesThere are around 5,156 registered human haulers, or lagunas, operating in Dhaka, and they are operating across the capital on 65 designated routes. Firmly denying the allegations involving extortion money, the DMP official said: “We have received no such complaints.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 22, 2019 12:11 UTC