Protect our trees
Recently, I had paid a visit to Benapole with a few friends along the fabulous Jashore road, the same road described in Allen Ginsberg’s poem “September on Jessore Road.” I knew about the hundreds of gigantic, centuries-old trees that were on both sides of the road, but it was an amazing experience to see them first hand.
It was disappointing to know that many of these trees may be cut down for the purpose of road expansion. If the authorities want to expand the road, they can still do that without cutting them down.
I urge the authorities to safeguard our trees and find a way to work around them.
Shamir Sarkar
University of Dhaka
