Dhaka Times Desk If 68 thousand villages are saved, Bangladesh will be saved. We know that this statement has a parallel with the reality. But he has no idea how many problems there are in this village-Bangla. We will try to highlight the joys and sorrows of the common people of village-Bangla at least one day every week.
Farmers in Nagarkanda are in trouble with jute raising
Jute farmers are in trouble due to the damming of the source and canals of Kumar river in various places of Laskardia union of Nagarkanda upazila of the district. On the one hand, jute cannot be raised due to fish farming, on the other hand, although jute has been raised in some places, the water has dried up and the jute has started to deteriorate. Hundreds of farmers have become angry after the ruling class could not raise jute due to fish farming. Hundreds of thousands of farmers have already formed human chains and protest marches to demand the demolition of the dam. After visiting the surface area, it is known that Laskardia Union Awami League general secretary Eskender Ali, Awami League leader Ramzan Matubbar, Nazmul and Bimal Mazhir leased a few kilometers of Jhaparkhali canal for fish farming. Over the course of two years, they built embankments at four places, at the confluence of the Shakpaldia Kumar River, under Laskardia Bridge, under Shasha Bara Bridge and at the junction of a canal. Due to the construction of dams, the water flow of various canals along with the Kumar River was stopped. Since last year, thousands of farmers of various unions of Nagarkanda are facing problem in raising jute due to fish cultivation in a large area. This year also hundreds of thousands of farmers of at least ten villages including Laskardia, Shakpaldia, Parkhadia, Sasha, Dadpur, Nareshpur, Manhadi are in trouble with jute. In the places where they used to raise jute till now, they are unable to raise jute due to fish farming. Farmers of these villages raised jute in the connecting canal of Kumar river, but due to blocking of water movement due to damming, about 2 thousand maunds of jute of several farmers including Shahin Sheikh, Aftab Sheikh, Shahabuddin Talukdar, Anwar Sheikh, Salam Sheikh have already been destroyed.
UP Chairman abducted in Lakshmipur
Terrorists kidnapped Bashikpur Union Chairman Abul Kashem Jehadi at gunpoint from Poddar Bazaar in Sadar Upazila on the night of September 1. Abul Kashem Jehadi Upazila Vice President of Awami League. Locals fear that the terrorists killed him and disappeared the body after abducting him. Meanwhile, in protest against this incident, the traders of Poddar Bazar of Bashikpur Union held a protest procession on Sunday, September 2 morning, keeping their shops closed. On the other hand, supporters of the chairman staged an hour-long blockade in Mandari and Chandraganj markets on the Laxmipur-Dhaka road and protest marches in district towns. At this time, the marchers vandalized several shops and 20 vehicles at various places including North Bus Stand, Mandari, Chandraganj. Anant 20 pedestrians were injured. The injured were treated locally. The situation is calm in the area. As of writing this report, no trace of the abducted chairman has been found.
The people of Siddhirganj want to return to their previous seats after being discriminated against
Out of the 5 parliamentary constituencies of Narayanganj district, 2 constituencies underwent major changes before the last parliamentary elections. This has created development inequality in the entire district. Locals are in trouble. In particular, Siddhirganj residents complained that the constituencies were rearranged in 2008 without considering the geographical location of the area and ignoring public opinion. Besides, the borders were changed to maintain the population balance, but the population balance was not actually maintained. On the contrary, they are victims of development discrimination. For this reason, the residents of this area want to return to the former parliamentary boundaries.
Before the last parliamentary elections, Siddhirganj Municipality under Narayanganj-4 Constituency was merged with Sonargaon Upazila to form Narayanganj-3 Constituency. And Narayanganj-4 constituencies were formed with Fatulsnla, Kashipur, Qutubpur, Enayetnagar and Baktabali unions of Sadar upazila. The people of Siddhirganj area have complained that there has not been much development work due to the increase in area due to re-arrangement of constituencies. They complained that the promise of construction of footover bridge at Mograpara intersection in Narayanganj-3 Constituency was not implemented. Only two poles were erected on either side of the road a year ago. And the work did not progress. The local MP promised gas connection to every house in the area, but no new connection was found. The promise of giving jobs to the unemployed youth of the area has not been implemented. The MP said that canals, reservoirs and government land should be freed from the hands of illegal encroachers, but that did not happen, on the contrary, more and more canals were occupied. The announcement to make the area free from terrorism has not been implemented. Locals said that only 30 percent of the MP's promise to improve roads has been implemented. For these reasons, they demanded the restoration of the previous electoral boundaries.
Abdul Matin Pradhan, the former administrator of the municipality, demanded that Siddhirganj municipal area should be included in the 4th parliamentary area instead of Narayanganj-3. He said that he has written to the Chief Election Commissioner in this regard.
Incidentally, in the 2008 elections, the candidates of the Awami League-led Grand Alliance won from 5 seats in the district.
In Gouripur under the bridge paved dam!
Not even a drop of water has flowed under the bridge built at a cost of one and a half crore rupees on Gouripur-Ramgopalpur road in Mymensingh even in 7 years. Immediately after the construction, the water flow was stopped due to the embankment of the dominant mahal. The administration could not remove the dam even though the crops of thousands of acres of land were submerged every year. Locals ask, then why the construction of the bridge at the cost of one and a half million rupees of the government?
A 50 meter long bridge was constructed on Baleshwar Gang (Bill) on Gouripur-Ramgopalpur road about 7 years ago under the local government engineering department at a cost of one and a half crore rupees. However, shortly after the construction, during the previous four-party coalition government, the party people constructed an earthen embankment in front of the bridge by taking a lease for a nominal sum of Rs.
Also a permanent brick embankment is provided under the bridge. Fish farming started by stopping the normal flow of water in the Baleshwar Beel leased by the government. Due to which several thousands of acres of land are flooded, disrupting crop production. Due to damming under this bridge, the bridge built at Sridharpur with 62 lakh taka has also become useless. Ruknakanda Bridge is not working.
Baleshwar Bill of about 67 acres of Ramgopalpur Union of Upazila is officially leased for 3 years. Although there are various conditions in the lease, including normal speed of water movement, infrastructure changes, development activities without approval, no one is complying with them. The government broke the rules and built an earth embankment in front of the bridge and a brick-concrete-cement embankment below. Due to the dam, about 6,500 acres of land in 14 villages including Uruakona, Sridharpur, Baluha, Ramgopalpur, Nayagaon, Ruknakanda, Gujikhan, Tantkura have been flooded. The farmer could not sow any seeds in the current Aman season. During the Eri-Boro season, due to lack of timely drainage of water, difficulties are being faced in sowing the seeds. Ramgopalpur Union Awami League general secretary Ah Razzak said that he did not know about the permanent dam, but earlier fish farming was done with nets.
In Bahadurpur village, UP member Abdul Barek said that the course of water has changed. Chairman of Ramgopalpur Union Parishad Aminul Islam Shikder said, meanwhile, water flow has stopped due to the dam. So the water in this area is flowing under the railway bridge through Chauha Bill. Residents said that the government is giving bill leases depriving the local fishermen. So the fishermen's families are going through hardships.
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