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To the Editor...
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"Who owns Gulshan south park?'
Sir. My attentiorf has been, drawn to a couple of letters which appeared in your esteemed daily under the above caption. In my capacity as the President of Gulshan. Banani and Baridhara Society; may I please add that since the formation of the Society in 1993. we have been making relentless efforts to keep our residential area free from all social menace and utter neglect of the agencies such as RAJUK. Dhaka City Corporation and Metropolitan Police.
We have made representations at the level of ministers, called on and held detailed discussions with the senior officials' of the concerned organisations and even had meetings
organised where the Minister of LGRD and the Mayor of Dhaka City Corporation were Chief Guests.
What we tried to project through these meetings was io protect this once beautiful residential area from the indiscriminate and unlawful issue of trade licences for use of residential houses for non-resi-dential purposes, allowing shopping centres to come up everywhere, turning the parks into slums, allowing innumerable garment factories to be established, rapidly deteriorating traffic discipline and law and order situation.
Only recently the elected Mayor of Dhaka was invited at a specially convened meeting of the Society at Gulshan Club where, among others, a strong
representation was made to relocate the Corporation's sweepers who have illegally occupied the beautiful Gulshan South Park to their residential quarters at Saidabad which have been built by the City Corporation for them at a great cost. Despite assurances of immediate action. Dhaka City Corporation is yet to move its finger. To be truthful, all our efforts have yielded very little result and. in the meantime, problems of safety have multiplied.
Gulshan. Banani and Baridhara are no longer the posh residential areas they once used to be. Dirty and filthy slums, massive floating population, thousands of unruly rickshaws, baby taxis, tempos, unhygenic roadside eating places and vendors, hooligans and muggers have now become the land mark of this area. This area is no better than Rampura. Badda and Jatrabari. The government. RAJUK. DCC and Metropolitan Police are silent spectators. They forget that this is the place where most of the diplomats and foreign executives of business and
financial houses live. What kind of an image Bangladesh has among the world community when those responsible have failed to provide a decent place for the foreigners to live, is a matter which the government should ponder carefully.
Jamal Uddin Ahmad. President. Gulshan. Banani. Baridhara Welfare Society
"Varendra..."
Sir. Months back I came across an article in your Weekend Magazine (24th of June) entitled "Varendra : Our First Museum" written by Hosne Ara Motahar. It was quite informative, but after going through the article I was also shocked that the learned writer has only compiled from the writing of Professor (late) Mokhlesur Rahman, which was published several years ago ("The Varendra Research Society And Museum Rajshahi’'. pp 35-85).
We the readers of your Weekend Magazine want to read such articles as would bear some new information for us. However, in this circumstance, I will advise Hosne Ara
^lotahar. that she should at least acknowledge late Prof Rahman, otherwise it may seems unbecoming of her.
Shamima Ahmed Rampura. Dhaka
Overcoming the political impasse Sir. It is a matter of regret that the political situation of our country is becoming very much critical day by day. The ruling government is still against the caretaker government. on the other hand, the opposition parties are continuing their activities on the demand of the caretaker government bill. The opposition parties are relentlessly observing hartal, strike and processions to materialise their cause. The ruling party is also increasing their political activities against the hartals and strikes called by the opposition. At the same time different kinds of professional groups are also on strike. No doubt there is no restriction to observe hartals and strikes under a democratic government. But It too, should be within
tolerable limits.
Incessant hartals and strikes have paralysed the economy of the country and it causes a great damage to the nation. When most of the Asian countries are becoming 'economic tigers’, we are being identified as one of the poorest countries of the world.
In this situation, we do not want any more hartals and strikes. We want a peaceful solution for all our political problems. For the greater welfare of the nation the politicians have to come forward to do away with this current political crisis. The Intellectuals of our country can play a great role here. There Is no need of a foreigner here as a negotiator or a neutral personality. In case of their failure only then, we can seek the help of a for;, eigner as a negotiator, otherwise nol. No doubt the proposal of Commonwealth Secretary General is good but it is our own problem. So it is only us who can solve it.
A F M Mosleh Uddin
Deptt of International Relations.
University of Dhaka