Amar Chand Gupta Apu, Dinajpur (S) :
Leaders of National Committee for Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Port Protection [NCOGMRPP] on Wednesday at Phulbari in Dinajpur have threatened year-long agitation programme if the long pending 6 -point demands are not fulfilled by the government immediately.
‘Phulbari people have been urging the government to implement the 6 points demand, but government is not paying concentrate to their demands , said Anu Mohammad, Member Secretary of National Committee for Oil, Gas Mineral Resources, Power and Port Protection.
Remembering the black day of 26 August in 2006, the anti- coalmine protesters of Phulbari separately organized rallies at Nimtolamor in Phulbari town on Wednesday.
Anu Mohammad said , people of Bangladesh are the owner of its all assets and they would decide what to do with that.
But nobody can unilaterally impose their decision which goes against them, he said.
At the rally he pressed the government to implement the 6 points demand as early as possible.
He also declared that his committee along with Phulbari people will place memorandum to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina through Deputy Commissioner of Dinajpur on October 7, urging her to implement the pending 6- point demands .
‘If our demands go unheeded within October 31 from November 1, we will start our yearlong agitation holding different programme countrywide.
Earlier, the day (Wednesday) broke with paying tributes by placing floral wreaths on the altar of temporary memorial built on Small Jamuna River bank in Dinajpur town.
Golam Mortuza Sakar Manik, Mayor , Phulbari Municipality and an anti -coalmine protest organizer administered the oath at the memorial to resist coalmine project in Phulbari area at any cost.
Rabindranath Soren, President , Jatiya Adivasi Parishad (JAP) said, 50,000 indigenous people will have to relocate if the project is implemented.
In another rally, the speakers said already three people Alamin, Salekin and Tariqul sacrificed their lives for preventing Phulbari coalmine.
During a protest on this day in 2006, BGB, erstwhile BDR opened fire on anti Phulbari coalmine protester leaving 3 persons dead injured nearly 70 people.
Leaders of National Committee for Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Port Protection [NCOGMRPP] on Wednesday at Phulbari in Dinajpur have threatened year-long agitation programme if the long pending 6 -point demands are not fulfilled by the government immediately.
‘Phulbari people have been urging the government to implement the 6 points demand, but government is not paying concentrate to their demands , said Anu Mohammad, Member Secretary of National Committee for Oil, Gas Mineral Resources, Power and Port Protection.
Remembering the black day of 26 August in 2006, the anti- coalmine protesters of Phulbari separately organized rallies at Nimtolamor in Phulbari town on Wednesday.
Anu Mohammad said , people of Bangladesh are the owner of its all assets and they would decide what to do with that.
But nobody can unilaterally impose their decision which goes against them, he said.
At the rally he pressed the government to implement the 6 points demand as early as possible.
He also declared that his committee along with Phulbari people will place memorandum to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina through Deputy Commissioner of Dinajpur on October 7, urging her to implement the pending 6- point demands .
‘If our demands go unheeded within October 31 from November 1, we will start our yearlong agitation holding different programme countrywide.
Earlier, the day (Wednesday) broke with paying tributes by placing floral wreaths on the altar of temporary memorial built on Small Jamuna River bank in Dinajpur town.
Golam Mortuza Sakar Manik, Mayor , Phulbari Municipality and an anti -coalmine protest organizer administered the oath at the memorial to resist coalmine project in Phulbari area at any cost.
Rabindranath Soren, President , Jatiya Adivasi Parishad (JAP) said, 50,000 indigenous people will have to relocate if the project is implemented.
In another rally, the speakers said already three people Alamin, Salekin and Tariqul sacrificed their lives for preventing Phulbari coalmine.
During a protest on this day in 2006, BGB, erstwhile BDR opened fire on anti Phulbari coalmine protester leaving 3 persons dead injured nearly 70 people.
