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Notes from Kushtia

From A Correspondent
KUSHTIA. May 24 : A charity football competition has been arranged by Kushtia District Sports Association in aid of cyclone affected people. The game will be played between BKSP and Kushtia District Eleven on May 25 at Kushtia stadium, ft was learnt.
Complaint against maldistribution of government medicines in most union health welfare centres of the district have been received.
It is gathered that though medicines are allotted to different Union Health Welfare Centres according to its demand. but due to corruption and malpractices by the employees of the centres, the poor patients are being deprived of the medicines which are being sold in blackmarket.
Fake company cheats jobseekers
A large number of unemployed youths of the district have been cheated by fake companies which have collected lakhs of Taka from them on the pretext of providing attractive Jobs.
A branch office of the fake company styled "Agro Fisheries" was established In Kushtla town and job seekers thronged there In the hope of securing good job. The company allegedly having its Head Office at Dhaka collected lakhs of Taka as security deposit from the intending job seekers. The company was giving hope after hope of giving training for the job seekers and making delay which generated suspicions in the minds of the Job seekers and they ultimately one day gheraoed the so called Manager of Kushtia office.
One fine morning local people and the job seekers found the Kushtla office under lock and key and the house owner told that he had also been cheated as the Manager did not pay a single farthing as rent of the house.
Storage facility
Potato growers in the district are selling their produce at throw away prices in absence of storage facilities.
According to sources, capacity of the existing lone Cold Storage here can not meet the demand.
Market sources said potato is being sold at Taka 90 to 100 per 40 K.O. which Is much less than the production cost.
Huge quantity of potatoes has been produced this year In Daulatpur upazlla apart from other areas and the growers failing to have adequate space in cold storage have been compelled to sell their produce at any price, sources added.
Overloading
Overloading of buses and minibuses plying on various routes from Kushtla has been going on causing accidents frequently.
The drivers of these vehicles hardly follow the existing traffic rules and always speed up their transports at will. They tend to compete with each other In plying transports regardless of the safety of passengers.
Sources said there was no definite bus stand on the routes. The drivers stop their vehicles at unscheduled places to take passengers. As a result no transport can reach its destination In time multiplying sufferings of the travelling people.
It Is alleged that the conductors of buses and minibuses realise fares from the passengers above fixed rates.