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To the Editor
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Waste not, want not
Sir. We indeed are a wasteful nation compared to our meagre resources. That is why we are having shortage of everything; for the proverb goes, waste not want not (this want stands for deficiency). If we did not waste so much of our electricity in running air-conditioners in almost every office, increasing number of shops and every household of the rich people (they even use blankets in summer — what a waste!), then we would not have had so much scarcity of it in places of necessity — like our mills, factories cold storage, operation theatres and medical scanning centres etc.
The government should ban the use of A/C for luxury purpose since it is unable to supply enough electricity and A/C consumes a lot of electricity. It should be allowed only after enough electricity is generated to meet the whole demand of necessity and luxury. Not before
Many people do not even bother to turn off the tap, they Just let the water run, even when they are not using it! Sounds strange, but it is true. So now we are over-drawing our ground water. Maybe that is
leading to arsenic poisoning as the ground water is decreasing in quantity arid getting concen-
Our only mineral, natural gas. is also wasted without any remorse or thought only because it has no metre. So nobody has to pay from his pocket what he wastes. Metres must be put at all gas outlets before we run out of this blessing also, because of our wasteful nature.
Our generation, as we see, has this wasteful and damn-oue attitude even for things that can finish up if not carefully used. But, we must teach our children, the coming generation. not to be wasteful, for at their time all the resources will be meagre still. Because our development is hardly keeping pace with times and the population growth.
Dr Sabrina Rashid Dhaka
Problems and rhetorics
Sir, Problems grip Bangladesh. Problems, problems everywhere, but no solution anywhere. Whoever comes to power and whoever goes out of
power it does not matter; our problems always remain stationary for decades together.
The present Awami League government accuses all the past governments, except that of its own. of 1971-1975 of manifold corruption, irregularities, negligence of public duties, excesses and abuses of power, wastage and defalcation of public money. To some Awami Leaguers. the present government is the best of all — most efficient, dutiful and corruption-free. Is it so?
Whether it is Awami League, JP or BNP. the sufferings of the people do not alleviate, their poor standard of living does not improve and the fate of our millions does not change. Only a handful of our leaders, whether in the government or in the opposition, and a section of government officers and employees continue to commit and repeat past errors, irregularities and lapses unabated whimsically and they enjoy the fruits of life selfishly without any consideration and sympathy for the sufferings and economic hardships of the people.
OH Kabir Dhaka
Experience and service
Sir, It is a common practice in the service sector to demand that one should have prior experience to get a Job. Almost all the circulars for Job call for experienced candidates which Imply that there is hardly any Job for the freshers. Of course, experience is a must for an offi-
cer to run offices efficiently. A commercial organisation cannot run its business without experienced people and a technical organisation needs expert hands.
It is not. however, a prime factor for all kinds of jobs. If it is so, what will happen to the freshers? Freshers are intelligent enough to grasp ideas. They can be trained easily to let them undertake any Job. NGOs, semigovernment organisations and-commercial enterprises can recruit fresh graduates and give them special training for serving particular purposes. Otherwise the unemployment problem will become too difficult to deal with. The number of educated unemployed peo-pte/youths has already reached eighty lakh. If we allow this burden to increase, the effect will be too much to bear.
It is not unknown that our education is not job-oriented. It is far from pragmatic. This Is an age of computer, but our educational institutions are not producing Students with computer knowledge. As a result, fresh students find it difficult to manage Jobs in the foreign and commercial organisations. Some voluntary organisations. NGOs and the government may establish some institutes to impart training to the fresh graduates on computer and other technical affairs at a low cost
This kind of practice is in vogue in developed countries. The scope for government Is limited in the country. So. all other organisations are requested to think of the real sft-
uation of the country and recruit fresh graduates to help lessen the burden of unemployment.
Md Masum Blllah
Lecturer in English.
Comilla Cadet College.
Comilla 3503
Speed breaker or backbone breaker?
Sir, At places a speed breaker is needed to dampen traffic speed or to alert drivers (new to an area) about the po tential road hazards (dilapidated bridge, a level crossing or a cross road/blind corners etc). Any school of tiny tots, near a thoroughfare, may also request Traffic Police Department to install a speed Breaker side by side a traffic sign to alert motorists about crossings of unattended chil-
In all the cases, the idea of installing of a speed breaker is to limit vehicle speed within control. But in no way. a speed breaker should be a car breaker or passengers' backbone breaker. It should not be installed at any place of public road, by anybody with a flimsy
Moreover any authority installing a speed breaker must make It conspicuous by the required paint markings In some places on highways and at many places of Zia Internationa] Airport. I have noticed speed breakers are abnormally high and without any caution-
ary paint markings. Especially at night, it becomes difficult (for a new visitor) to spot these speed breakers from the normal head light distance.
Besides, whatever slow may be the speed of a car. those speed breakers touch the body of a car owing to low wheel base, shock absorber and car's passenger load condition. I feel this is an unethical way of installing a speed breaker of extra height than required. Because, at night, a driver (new to the area) may make a crash landing after a take off from such speed breakers. Recently, two speed breakers of low trough and crest have been installed at the Staff Road end Railway Level Cross Ing on the Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway (Dhaka Cantt Section)
These speed breakers are not so high and single one. but 4 to 5 trough and crests are laid abreast. These are similar to those used in Saudi Arabia.
This dampens the speed of vehicles to desirable and controllable limit in a better way. These are also low enough not to damage any car while dampening the higher speed. As an early warning if one such trough placed about 40 feet ahead of such speed damper, then it will certainly make it more effective as well safer for all motorist*. I would like to bring this aspect to the notice of Traffic Police Department. City Corporations. Municipalities. CAAB and Roads and Highways Department.
AR Choudhury
Uttam Dhaka