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Gopalganj Newsletter

From Our Correspondent
GOPALGANJ. Aug 5: The X-ray machine of Tuberculosis (TB) clinic under Gopalganj Sadar Hospital is lying inoperative for 12 years due to some mechanical fault. No repairing work has yet been done, hospital sources said.
Moreover, a post of junior consultant in this clinic has fallen vacant since long. As a result, the TB patients are deprived of proper treatment.
The hospital authorities and the civil surgeon have repeatedly asked the Director General (DG). Health and the Project Director. TB control in writing to provide of a new x-ray machine or repairing of the old one.
The number of TB patients are abnormally increasing in the district. Due to shortage of medical apparatus and x-ray machine, the attending physicians have been facing trouble to diagnose the disease.
The TB clinic authority and Civil Surgeon of Gopalganj Nurul Haque told The Daily Star correspondent that the present situation of the TB clinic is very miserable. Proper treatment is not possible at this stage, he added.
The people of Gopalganj district urged the concerned ministries to provide an X-ray. machine and arrange for posting a Junior consultant for the clinic immediately.
Boy electrocuted
A minor boy was electrocuted in Gopalganj town at Khistianpara on July 31. Gopalganj Sadar thana police said.
According to family sources. Tipu Panda. 10. son of Kumad Panda, a resident of Khistianpara in Gopalganj town was playing with his companion near nis residence. At one stage. Tipu went to sit near an electric pole which was electrified. He met the tragic end of his life when he came in contact with the electrified pole.
The local people immediately sent him to Gopalganj Sadar Hospital where the attending doctors declared him dead.
A case has been registered with Gopalganj Police Station in this connection.
Woman commits suicide
An old woman. Ashalata Biswas. 50. committed suicide by taking a poison on July 28 midnight. Gopalganj thana police said.
Ashalata Biswas, 50, is the wife of late Jaga Bandhu Biswas of village Ghanapara uqder Gopalganj. Sad^r- thana in the district. Ashalata Biswas had a quarrel with his children on July 28. She became very angry.
Ashalata Biswas decided to take poison the same night. Accordingly she took poison and died.
An unnatural death (UD) case was registered with Gopalganj police station in this connection. The dead body of Ashalata Biswas was sent to Gopalganj morgue for postmortem.
Youth killed in road mishap
A young man Idris All Mol-lah, 18. was killed tn a road accident on Dhaka-Khulna highway near Gopalganj Girls' High School on July 9 morning.
The victim Is the son of Masher All Mollah of village Gopaldhl under Dash Milla thana of Patuakhali district. When Idris was going to his residence from Gopalganj bazar, a truck came from the rear side and knocked down him. He was seriously Injured. Then he was admitted to Gopalganj Sadar Hospital in a critical condition where he died after two hours, according to hospital sources.
A case was lodged with Gopalganj police station in this connection. The dead body was sent to Gopalganj Hospital morgue for autopsy. The truck driver and helper have been absconding. Police seized the. truck.
Roads in bad shape
The condition of roads, both kutcha and pucca has become extremely miserable in the district.
The situation has become so due to lack of maintenance work.
Besides, alleged corruption by the contractors in repairing and reconstructing roads also have contributed to extreme miserable condition.
Handloom industry facing set back
The handloom industry In Gopalganj Sadar thana. Kasianl thana, Maksudpur thana and Kotalipara thana of the district has been facing set back due to various problems
High price of yarn, weaving materials, non-availability of capital and lack of marketing facilities are the major problems
According to handloom' industry owners sources, about 50 thousand people are dependent on weaving to earn their livelihood, but for want of capital and exorbitant price of yarn, they are unable to cope with the present situation.
Availability of foreign clothes at cheaper rate has reduced the demand of local handloom products.
The products like bed-sheet.
napkin, saree. lunal and wrappers are in great demand outside the district. These products are comparatively cheaper. A * group of weavers told this correspondent that unless some positive steps were taken by the authorities to supply adequate yam and other necessary materials to the weavers directly, the present miserable condition of the weavers would continue.
Woman smugglers on rise
More than 100 women are Involved in smuggling in Gopalganj town, a survey report revealed here.
According to the report conducted by a social welfare organisation, most of these poor women are either divorced or widowed in young age. Finding no other alternatives to eke out their living they were compelled to take up such heinous occupation, A large number of women in the town live in a miserable condition due to poverty. Some influential people of the society use these destitute women to meet their selfish end. Sometimes criminals marry poor women and engage them In smuggling and prostitution by force. Sometimes, these women become fifth or sixth wife of these criminals, it Is learnt. These women go out of their houses early in the morning and return at night selling smuggling goods. During their day and night operations they have to face hostile circumstances. On many occasions they have to please the members of law enforcing agencies.
Although the affair is known to the law enforcing agencies, no steps have been taken to either check the unhealthy trend.
Population Day observed
GOPALGANJ. Aug 5: The World Population Day was observed in Gopalganj in a befit-tingmanner recently.
Tills year, the theme of the day was "Adolescents' Reproductive Health." The district family planning department chalked out elaborate programmes to mark the day.
At district level, a colourful rally was brought out from the Collectorate building premises and paraded the main streets of the town. The Deputy Commissioner, Gopalganj. Abdur Raz-zaq led the rally. District level officials, workers of the family planning department andNGOs participated. - -‘rv / l ’
Later a discussion meeting was held at the thana parishad auditorium. Deputy Director. Family Planning. Md Enamul Haq presided over the discussion. Syed Mahbub Hossain, Additional Deputy Commissioner (Gen) and Dr Nurul Haq. Civil Surgeon, Gopalganj. were present as the chief and special guest respectively.
Another commits suicide
One Romen Chandra Sarkar. 30, son of one Gopalchandra Sarker of village Golabaria under Gopalganj sadar thana committed suicide by taken poison recently.
Romen Chandra Sarkar quarreled with this parents and committed suicide by taking poison.
A case of unnatural death (UD) was filed with Gopalganj police station in this connection.
Police recovered the dead body and sent it to Gopalganj Sadar Hospital for postmortem.
School dropouts on rise
The number of primary school-going children is decreasing in remote areas of the district. The reason is they are compelled to take up Jobs to gve financial support to their milies.
According to a survey, a large number of children, between age 8 and 12 are engaged in different odd jobs to earn their livelihood Instead of going to schools.
As a result, primary schools of these areas are facing acute shortage of students. The problems are Intensifying everyday.
The survey report also said parents of these children are marginal and landless farmers. In general they have a large family with many members. Most of them can't afford to meet the expenses of their family.
Finding no other alternatives the poverty stricken farmers prefer to engage their children In various petty Jobs like cattle rearing, rickshawpulling and tea stall works. During harvesting seasons, a good number of labourers doing with their kids' migrate to other places in search of work.
Boy drowns
A boy drowned In the pond at village Khatl under Gopalganj sadar recently.
Monir Sheikh. 4. son of Jahangir Sheikh, of village Khatl under Gopalganj sadar thana while playing with his companions near the pond of his houae Monir suddenly fell down and drowned in the pond.
A few minutes afterwards Monir's parents recovered him from the pond.
Gopalganj thana police started an unnatural death (UD) case in this connection.