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To the Editor...
Inauguration of AB Pipeline
Sir, It appears from a news item of the 3rd may in the Daily Ittefaque that the works relating to AB Pipeline has been completed by 25th April and that its commissioning is awaiting because the Prime Minister is not in a position to inaugurate. The Energy Ministry has approached the Prime Minister for giving time , on 10th May. 1997 for its inauguration. It also appears from the news item that if the AB Pipeline is commissioned, then the present electricity problem shall be solved for the time-being.
My question is: Why the Prime Minister should be involved in inaugurating this or that projects? It is high time that we should get rid of one-man show started by Ayub Khan, adopted by Late Ziaur Rahman and developed by H M Ershad. Will the Prime Minister take initiative for a departure from the past habit?
AAG Kabir
37/1, Joarshahara, Dhaka.
Misleading
Sir, I am stressed to write this after reading the column Time and Tide written by Mr Shah Husain Imam (Star 3.5.97). He has found signal from Khaleda Zia's speech as wrong. Who does not know that the water in the Ganges in Bangladesh part is not coming as per the treaty? When one mentions that, according to the writer, it is wrong signal and he has indicated that seepage in the Bangladesh part is causing the minimum flow in Bangladesh. Only those who are sleeping being awake can say that. It Is really unfortunate when the writer is trying to fool the audience. It is not smelling the rat. but it is actually seeing the rat when the water, as promised, in the treaty Is not coming to Bangladesh.
Yes. SAPTA is a good thing. Everyone will like it. The transit incorporated in SAPTA is from India to Burma (Myanmar) over land through Bangladesh is via Teknaf and not through Manipur of India.
The route is changed n6w by those in ESCAP which is the playground of Mr SAMS Kibria • who is now the Finance Minister. The relevant department of •ESCAP has changed the original route at the behest of India so that, in the name of transit from one country to another, India can have access to its other part overland Bangladesh. This is not transit in the international sense. In simple terms, it is corridor over Bangladesh for movement of men and material of one part of India to another part of the same country. Had there been the mention of corridor over Bangladesh for India, no sane person would agree to it, nor support it in any way if the Bangladeshi would love his country. I am sure SAPTA mentioned 'transit', not 'corridor'. Can, the writer site examples of such corridors in other countries except the protectorates? Certainly, Bangladesh does not like to be a protectorate of our large neighbour India. It is unfortunate that educated persons like Mr. Imam are trying to call a spade a diamond and smells rat when a nationalist Is trying to tell the nation of the sinister move.
A Concerned Bangladeshi Dhaka
South Asian Growth Quadrangle conjures up vision of trade transit through Bangladesh, not of 'corridof.
The relevant portion on water treaty in the article referred to both underground seepage and water withdrawals at the upper reaches of the Ganges as areas under study.
— Author
Unprofessional BTV News
Sir, The choice of news headlines on BTV Is unprofessional. An anniversary (past history) becomes the top news of the day! In the English news bulletins, the grammar, composition, and pronunciation are lousy — elementary errors In usage are galore! The obituary notices in the national bulletin includes all Tom, Dick, and Harry! Where to draw the line? Why not have a
5-minute slot of Local News?
The government appears to be concerned, judging from the f>ub)ic utterances. Broadcasting the message, not the medium) is not a new hi-tech sector, hence there is no dearth of basic and orientation training courses at national and regional levels. Why the output (the trainees) is so unprofessional? The culprit is unprofessional administration — the lapses are not being noticed and corrective steps taken in a professional manner.
There is a clear message to the political leaders : do not letdown the professional standards in any sector, including politics! Do not become the biggest national liability, as you have to run the state!
A Zabr Dhaka
Some questions
Sir, Returning to power long after 21 years the Awami League started tirade and vehemently criticised its opponents, made bragging vanity, ordained pledges and promises one after another. But we wonder whether the Awami League has proved failed.
' Undoubtedly the former BNP government is accused of many wrongdoings, excesses and abuses of power and negligence of duties. Earlier the Jatiya Party as well as Awami League also committed many errors, lapses, jmmissions and irregularities.
If this is the situation In our country — Our political leaders go on blaming each other, by-6 ass their duties and responsi-ilitles: how long would our people continue to be groaning under the heavy steam-roller of untold suffering and hardships endlessly?
The people of our country bear the brunt of 250 years of oppression and suppression, poverty, hunger and disease and injustice. Our people cannot support or oppose any political party blindly and foolishly. We therefore strongly feel that our political leaders must take lessons from the history and rectify themselves and devote
themselves for the service of the people.
We wonder why did the Awami League government permit India to operate Farakka barrage without an Sreement for rightful sharing the Ganges water for Bangladesh in 1974? We are shocked why deprived us for over 20 years our rightful share of the Ganges water and also bereft us of aur rightful ownership of Tinbigha in exchange of our territory Berubari handed over to India? Whey did Awami League introduce BAKSAL? We are appalled why did not Ziaur Rahman of BNP raise the issue of forceful occupation of Tal-patty by India in the United Nations? We are now further bewildered and shocked why the Awami League is going to replace the detached and dead 25-year India-Bangladesh Friendship Treaty with the so-called sub-regional cooperation among Bangladesh-Nepal-Bhutan and seven north-.east-ern states of India?
The Awami League has signed the historic 30-year Ganges water treaty with India in New Delhi In December 1996. But is the Ganges river flowing and are we really getting our rightful share of the international river? Why does the Awami League want to change the original route of Asian Highway, allow India to use our Chittagong Port and grant road transit facilities for carrying Indian goods and commodities through Bangladesh territory? Why does not New Delhi allow us trade and commerce with Central Asian countries via India and Pakistan land routes? Why there is no electricity in the country, no supply of water in Dhaka and why our markets have been flooded with Indian goods and commodities? Whey there is huge imbalance of trade -between India and Bangladesh?
Why does not BNP recognise Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as the Father of The Nation' and why Awami League does not accept Bangladeshi'' nationalism and discard Be-S:alf' nationalism? There are lundreds of such questions.
OH Kabir
6, Hare Street, Wart. Dhaka 1203