The employees of seven state-owned jute mills in Khulna enforced barricade on highways and railways after a three-day suspension of the program to press home their five-point demand. The CBA and non-CBA Oikya Parishad of the seven jute mills – Crescent Jute Mills, Platinum Jute Mills, Khalispur Jute Mills, Star Jute Mills, Eastern Jute Mills, Jessore Jute Mills and Carpeting Jute Mills – enforced the blockade on Monday morning.On April 7, seven state-run jute mills employees of Khulna suspended their blockade movement for three days after the deputy commissioner (DC) had assured them to meet their demands. The demands of the workers include adequate allocation for the jute industry, payment of their arrears, formation of a wage board and stopping the move to privatise the state-owned jute mills.