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Neglected Martyrs ’ Monument

Granite tower badly stained with seeping chemicals

By Staff Correspondent
The 33-foot high granite tower at the Martyred Intellectuals Monument at Rayer Bazar In the city has been badly stained with 'chemicals’ sipping out of the structure.
Engineers at the Public Works Department (PWD) suspect that massive air and land pollution caused by the tanneries at Hazaribagh have inflicted the damage on the Tk 10.56 lakh imported stone structure which was Inaugurated only seven months ago The project entailed a cost of Tk 17.61 crore.
It was on this site that many of the country’s brilliant intellectuals were brutally murdered at the fag end of the Liberation War in 1971 when the enemy sensed obvious defeat.
The black granite tower with a 40-feet diameter and rectangular in shape is a unique structure in the country. Engineers who were monitoring the project admitted that they ’lacked experience" in installing such a stone structure.
They said the granite slabs were joined together to erect the tower and the sand and cement are now sipping out of these joints, staining the all-black structure. They put down the hydration to emission of high level of sulphur along with the tannery wastes from t lie air and land of the area.
As an urgent measure, the PWD engineers are planning to seal the Joints with top quality sealant. But the problem is that the sealant available in the local markets is invariably white in colour. So black sealant would have to be procured to match the tone of the stone structure, a PWD engineer said.
"We are sure that the stains can be removed because granite is too hard to be stained." said the engineer.
Visitors at the site said the engineers and experts concerned failed to take into account the extent of pollution in ^^^^.M.rlng W BVWMlUg A doctor who along with nJS family visited the ‘monument said the damage bears testimony to the short-sightedness of the so called experts
But residents of Rayer Bazar and Hazaribagh said the tannery’ pollution is behind the stains. They showed badly stained toilet fittings, gold ornaments and corrugated iron sheets at their house. They said these items had not only changed colours, but also got ‘eroded’ within six months of the installation.
Visitors at the site complained about lack of maintenance of the monument. They said due to lack of security and njalntenance the condition of the monument, which attracts hundreds ol visitors, has deteriorated within such a short time.
The PWD engineer said six security personnel were posted at (he site to look after the monument. “We’ve to bear the costs from our revenue budget: so things were moving slowly*." admitted the engineer.