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Jobless people crowd Rajshahi

From Our Correspondent
RAJSHAHI, Oct 12: Influx of floating people and beggars in large number from flood-hit rural areas to Rajshahi city has been posing a great problem.
There has been continuous influx of beggars from different upazilas of the district. They are coming In large numbers from Charghat. Godagari and Bagha upazilas. Most of these people are victims of the recent floods and river erosion.
Due to acute crisis of food and having no work in flood affected areas hundreds of jobless people with their dependants are pouring into the city in search of work for their sustenance. But failing to get any Job many of them Including women and children have been resorting to begging.
Meanwhile, most of the flood relief centres of the dis trict have already been closed but post flood rehabilitation programme is yet to be started tn many parts of the affected areas. With the influx of beggars crimes like theft and pfekpoketing have also become rampant. After the sunset these floating people take shelter In groups on bus ter minals, railway station.
verandhas of government offices and commercial buildings. Besides, new slums are also growing in different parts of the city.
Social workers of the city urged the concerned authorities to take early rehabilitation programme like food for work for these jobless people.
Bus journey hazardous
Bus journey on different routes of the district has become hazardous due to overloading fare-hike, reckless driving and pitiable condition of roads.
Thousands of passengers are travelling at a great risk of thetr lives In 15 routes of the district everyday. The number of accidents has increased in recent days.
The overloaded buses have been plying at maximum speed and are very often involved In rood accidents. Most of the drivers of these routes have no valid license, it is alleged.
The conductors charge fares much above the normal rate and tn most cases arc engaged tn altercation with the
passengers.
Bus drivers do not follow any time-table which causes much inconvenience lo the people especially to the office goers.
Besides, buses, minibuses and coaches are engaged in competition to pick up passengers standing by the side of the roads without considering the capacity of their vehicles. Most of these vehicles arc in deplorable state and emit black smoke causing serious health hazards lo the people.
The condition of roads and highways, is pitiable and many potholes have d eve toped at many points making them unfit for vehicular movement.
Absence of a bus stand at Bancs hawar Bazar causes much inconvenience to the passengers. The situation becomes worse during the rainy season when the passengers have to wait for the buses under the open sky.
Moreover, most often transport strike on Rajshahi-Natore and Rajshahl-Bogra routes due to dispute between the transport associations and Illegal toll collectors causes immense suffering to the pas-
sengers.
Local people urged the authorities concerned to take immediate steps to alleviate the sufferings of the passengers.
JCD rally
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (HNP) backed Jatlyatabadl Chhatra Dal (JCD) Rajshahi University unit brought out a procession and held a rally on the campus demanding immediate arrest and exemplary punishment of the killers of Dr Milon.
Held in front of the university library* building the rally was addressed by JCD RU unit President Harunur Rashid and General Secretary Bahauddin BaKir
Speakers at the rally said that BCL (S-A) has resorted to act of terrorism having failed to face JCD politically.
They said that this organisation provided shelter to the suspected killer of Dr Milon and created violence on the campuses. They called upon the students to build resistance unitedly against terrorism in the educational institutions of the country.