Garbage menace

Sir. I am a resident of Mo-haminadpur, Iqbal Road and a victim of garbage menace. Our house Is located in front of Mo-hammadpur Park which should provide us with fresh and clean air but unfortunately the doors and windows have to be always religiously Shut due to the intolerable smell and filthy environment. Previously there used to be four dustbins around the park, but now the municipality thought of putting only one dustbin and that too in front of the house we live. As a result, the garbage of whole Iqbal Road

area has nowhere to be thrown but In front of our house. Even the restaurants from the main road come here to empty their bins. This matter has* been taken to the high officials In the municipal corporation but there hasn't been anv difference as yet. Even the cleaning trucks do not come to clean up regularly and the heap of garbage is getting huge and bigger every day. There are four children living in our house who gets sick every other day due to the filthy and unhealthy environment.

This is my earnest request

to the concerned authorities to take this mater Into consideration and remove this garbage bln as soon as possible and let the people here live in an area free from pollution.

Arjumand Wohra Mohammadpur. Dhaka

Anti-smoking campaign

Sir, Everybody know that smoking is injurious to health. Still people get into this bad habit in many sort of ways. The

organisations Involved in antitobacco movement put maximum emphasis on bad effects of smoking. However, they do not stress on how to get rid of this habit. No doubt, they play an effective role In raising awareness among people against smoking but they should focus on the issue of getting rid of this habit as well.

We know tliat will power is enough to give up smoking. But it may be applicable to a moderate smoker. What about a chain smoker? There are many smokers who try to give up smoking but fail to do so. According to them, they face

physical and mental troubles when they try to free themselves from the fatal habit. Would the antl-smoking organisations continue their campaign underscoring the ways to quit smoking’?

Md Masum Billah

First Year English (Honours) Dhaka Commerce College.

Is there anyone to listen to?

Sir. My analogue telephone (323263) has been in deep

coma' for the last two months or even more. Although. I haw made number of complaints to relevant authority but to no avail. It seems that most complaints are either not recorded or If recorded treated very casuallv. When 1 visited the T&T office last time. I talked to the supervisor and 1 was assured of action, but nothing has happened.

Can anyone suggest what else remains to be done from my side?

Prof KA Latif

73 North Dhanmondl

Dhaka