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Acute crisis of drinking water in N. dists

From Our Correspondent
PABNA. May 14 : Acute cri sis of pure drinking water is prevailing In Pabna and other 15 districts of the northern region of the country due to prolonged drought and abnormal fall in the underground water level
According to a source, underground water level went down abnormally In 52 upazilas and in rest 71 upazilas. tl also went much below the normal level About 70 per cent tubewelte in these districts have gone out of order. On the otherhand many disordered tubewelte await repair
Sinking of tubewelte under Tara pump installation pro gramme has been reduced due to financial constraints. Orlgl naily the programme was 20 Tara pumps In each union. But tt now stands at 10 In each
Water extractton has become almost difficult in Pabna. tehurdi Chatmohor, Bhangura. Faridpur. Tarash Bholahat
Gomostapur, Godagarl Ito han pur. NawabganJ. ShibganJ. Charghat. Perthia. Manda. Atrai. Baralgram. Singra. Por sha. Mohanpur. Sapahar. Dhamalrhat. Blranpur. Ghor-aghat. Parbatlpur. Phuibari. Lalpur. Gurudaspur. Mohadl vpur Patnitala. Tanor and Ha gaUpara upazilas
According to the Public Health Engineering Department. 12000 tubewells were lying unserviceable, of which 5020 tubewells in Rajshuhi Circle and 6910 tubewelte In Rangpur circle
The shortage of water supply in the municipal areas of Pabna. tehurdi, Na tore. Cha-palnawabganj and Rajshahi were about 20 lakh gallons. 10 lakh gallons. 10 lakh gallons. 12 lakh gallons and 50 lakh gallons respectively, which is much below the actual re qulcement
On the otherhand. about 718 ponds out of 955 have also dried-up in Barendra areas. As
a result rural people arc forced to procure water from rivers and canals.
Suicide cases on rise Meanwhile, kuicide cases have increased alarmingly In Pabna Marglna (17), daughter of Osman All of village B111-Vadurla and another Zilla Sarder (20). son of late Jalil Sarder of village Bhaudanga under Pabna Sadar upazila committed suicide by taking poison. The cause of the sui cldcs is not yet known.
Heroin seized
Pabna Sadar thana police seized 50 gms of Heroin worth about Taka 50,000 and arrested two addicted persons recently.
According to the reports, acting on a secret information, police raided the house of Mr Raoshan at Govinda and arrested Rezaul (32) of the vll-
lagc krishnapur and Israel (28) of village Govinda.
besides, police also seized 50 gms of Heroin with some necessary accessaries like aluminium foil tiny packets of heroin etc.
2 get life-term
. Mr. Sudhendu Kumar Biswas, the Additional Sessions Judge, sentenced two persons to life imprisonment and a fine of Taka 10,000 each tn default one year's imprisonment more to Moslem Mondol and Ummat Mondol of village Charghospur for murdering Abdul Latif of the same village.
According to the reports. Abdul Latif on September 12. 19B4 was shot dead by Moslem Mondol and Ummat Mondol when he was walking on the embankment of WAPDA.
The Judge after examining the records and evidences
awarded the aforesaid imprisonment.
1500 families homeless
UNB adds: At least 1500 families were rendered homeless after the rampaging rtver Jamuna eroded eight villages of Bera upazila during the last week.
About 1000 dwelling houses and 18 educational institutions liave already been tost into the river over the period. Standing crops on vast acres of land were also devoured.
Upazila chairman Rowshan All told UNB that about 500 people took shelter in different local schools while 1000 others were living beneath the open sky.
Besides, the 41-mite tong flood control embankment is threatened.
The worst-affected villages In the upazila are: Madhupur. Nakaha. Singhasan. Varenga. Raghunathpur. Dalarchar. Kazlrhat and NaHbpur.