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Public nuisance
Sir. It is really very akward and strange to witness people urinating in a public place like by the corner of Gulistan Children Park.- Fulbarla City Corporation Market. Osmani Uddyan etc. and in many other places of this Metropolitan city, which is also definitely harmful for health. It may not lie out of place to mention that a day was there when people could not enter into the toilet of Kumalapur Railway Station for 1>ad odour. The Railway au-Ihorilies now have built toilets • and auctioned them to private . conductors who charge Tk. 0.50 paisa for urinating and Tk. 1.00 for other call of nature.
So. will it not be proper and Justified for the respohsible authorities to build such toilets on the points wherever people arc creating such public nuisance? Further, was it Justifiable to dismantle the toilets under the overbridge at Farm Gale?
I hope the concerned authorities will look Into this-matter for the sake of people's welfare, hygiene and decency In litis Metropolitan city.
J M A Hashem Dy. VP Eastern Insurance Co. Ltd. Dilkusha. Dhaka.
"Expensive treatment for poor patients”
Sir. I have gone through, with interest, the letter of Mr Md Shahed Iqbal published In The Daily Star on the 13th October. 1994 under the caption "Expensive treatment for poor patients". Really, the poor cannot afford costly treatment for their patients, and therefore. they are to seek help from the wealthy and generous
people of the society as well as the Government with a feeble hope to save the life of their dear ones. I think, the suggestion for creation of a fund with nominal amount of subsidy from the public to meet the expenditure for costly treatment of poor patients cannot but be acceptable to them since it is a matter of national interest.
Further, this will not in- * volve the Government in any kind of financial liability to meet the incidental cost with regard to the administration of the proposed Cell, since the expenditure on this account can easily be met out of the fund suggested by Mr Shahed Iqbal in his letter. Moreover, a scope for employment in the country will be created, to some extent, for doctors and ancillary staff for the Cell.
Under a democratic government we can claim to be inhabitants of a welfare state. So. we hope, the Government will look into the matter from a positive angle considering the welfare of the poor, and implement the suggestion’s of Mr Shahed Iqbal.
Md Shamsul Alam 300/A. East Nakhdl Para Dhaka-1215.
Vehicles in safe hands
Sir. A vehicle is as safe as Ils driver.'The law requires that all those driving fare-paying passengers to be trained. Yet a minibus or larger vehicle has different acceleration, braking and handling characteristics.
Currently, the law allows anyone having a bus/truck licence to operate, without consideration to the fact whether he was exposed to driving such
vehicle or not. Again, driving an empty vehicle at the time of tests and then taking up a job involving fife and limb is different. especially on our roads where people in general have little regard for the rule of the road.
Therefore, all drivers of public transport need to go through a compulsory training run under the Road Transport Authority for familiarisation and on road sense before allowing them to drive on city roads.
Col Mirza Shaft (rtdl BananL Dhaka.
Seminar on agriculture
Sir. On October 16 the, "World Food Day" was observed in the country as elsewhere round the globe. As a part of the World Food' Day programme. a seminar was organized jointly by the Ministry of Agriculture and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization. Important Issues relating to water and agricultural development were discussed.
It is. however, a matter of regret that no invitation was sent by the organisers even to the Principal of Bangladesh Agricultural Institute (BAI). Dhaka to attend the above mentioned function.
Previously, we requested, the organisers of such seminars and workshops to invite the teachers of BAI — country's oldest agricultural educational institution founded by the great leader Sher-e-Bangla A K Fazlul Huq in 1938. Participation in such seminars and workshops can enrich the knowledge of the teachers on uptodate agriculture and related subjects. It is sincerely expected that in the future the Ministry of Agriculture and other Organisations will be kind enough to invite the teachers and Principal of BAI to attend seminars and workshops related to agriculture.
M Zahidul Haque Gen Secy. BAI, Teachers' Assoc. Dhaka