Transport workers have blocked the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway near Mawna in Gazipur demanding cancellation of new road transport laws on Tuesday morning.

Traffic movement along both sides of the highway is getting disrupted because of the blockade.

Hundreds of bus workers took to the streets and put up barricade at Mawna intersection in Sreepur area on the highway around 8 am, causing immense sufferings to thousands of commuters.