Jessore Correspondent :
Hundreds of people of several upazilas in Jessore and Khulna districts joined a road march arranged by Bhabadah Movement Committee on Thursday, first day of its 4 -day march towards the office of the deputy commissioner of Jessore.
The road march on feet was begun from on the top of the Bhabadah sluice gates at around 11am on Thursday.
The committee, on October 24, 2017 announced road march movement towards the office of deputy commissioner, Jessore from Bhabadah from November 16 to 19 to press its five- point demands.
The committee also handed over a memorandum to the deputy commissioner, Jessore to convey the message to the prime minister demanding to solve water strangulation problem of Bhabadah affected areas immediately.
In the memorandum, it was stated that water is ruling around 80 per cent areas under Bhabadah. People of the area are still living in inhuman conditions.
The committee, in its memorandum, placed five -point demands including inauguration of tidal river management programme before Maghi Purnima, ensuring food security to the affected people with subsidy and rehabilitation, removal of silts from the river Upper Bhadra and Buri Bhadra, freeing obstacles from all the recognized canals after recovering those from grabbers and ensuring free flow of water by removing every obstacles from the related rivers and canals.
Hundreds of people of several upazilas in Jessore and Khulna districts joined a road march arranged by Bhabadah Movement Committee on Thursday, first day of its 4 -day march towards the office of the deputy commissioner of Jessore.
The road march on feet was begun from on the top of the Bhabadah sluice gates at around 11am on Thursday.
The committee, on October 24, 2017 announced road march movement towards the office of deputy commissioner, Jessore from Bhabadah from November 16 to 19 to press its five- point demands.
The committee also handed over a memorandum to the deputy commissioner, Jessore to convey the message to the prime minister demanding to solve water strangulation problem of Bhabadah affected areas immediately.
In the memorandum, it was stated that water is ruling around 80 per cent areas under Bhabadah. People of the area are still living in inhuman conditions.
The committee, in its memorandum, placed five -point demands including inauguration of tidal river management programme before Maghi Purnima, ensuring food security to the affected people with subsidy and rehabilitation, removal of silts from the river Upper Bhadra and Buri Bhadra, freeing obstacles from all the recognized canals after recovering those from grabbers and ensuring free flow of water by removing every obstacles from the related rivers and canals.
