BADC

Sir. It was learnt through the Pres* that the committee for restructuring of Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) proposed to wind up BADC by 1997. A* a result of the winding up. several hundred staff will lose their Job.

In my opinion. BADC should not be reduced to a smaller organisation: instead, its re-•porisibllftlea and Job-structure should be changed by retaining the present set-up. For in-stance, the BADC may be entrusted with the" responsibility of operating cooperatives for production and marketing of dairy and poultry products. At present, the dairy and poultry farm owners are facing serious problems In marketing »nd processing of their products. This organisation may also be

given the Job of producing export quality vegetables and fish-products in large scale. The BADC may be assigned to commissioning forestry business and also to look after agro-environmental protection and development projects. The surplus manpower of the existing BADC can easily be accommodated if these new* activities are taken-up.

It is honeatly expected that the democratic government will give a second thought on BADC for retaining this major agricultural organization and also for protecting the Job of thousands of employee* In these hard days.

M Zahid ul Haque

Assd Prof. BAI. Dhaka

DCC

Sfr. Dhaka Cliy Corporation (DCC) has erected a good number of bill boards at impor-

tant road junctions with inscriptions from the holy Koran. At several places quotation from Surah Ban! Israel, verse 27. reids as "Verily Allah does not like the squanderers".

DCC has erected small red brick compartments on city roads to fix coloured decorative flags on national occasions but only those located on V1P roads are used. Many of the news stands erected by DCC are used as urinal* by the public. Some of the DCC markets remain partially abandoned or Incomplete or a* no man's property.

Under the above backdrop let DCC authority spend the taxpayers' money more cautiously and do justice to those inscriptions from the holy Koran!

Sadiq Alee

Maghbruar. Dhaka