Barbarism let loose

Sir, Die way (he garment owners In Bangladesh guard their business Interest by keeping all the gales of entry and exit locked with hundreds of workers working Inside Is Just barbaric. Diev give a damn to the security of life of the w'orkers so much so that in cases of emergency, especially when fire breaks out. the poor workers have lo run helter-skelter for safety, but In vain.

The latest mishap at Narslngdl causing death to scores and Injury to hundreds should be an eye-opener for the authorities--the law enforcing authorities including the police and civil administration. Why are the garments owners not caught for all these forthwith and tried for gross negligence. Irresponsibility and failure to ensure security of life to so many people? Dose it need an arrest warrant to nab these culprits causing endless

threat lo human life? What could lie a better a case for application of the Public Safety Act? After so many mishaps during the last few years what the concerned authorities have done in this regard Is a question that Is arising In every' sane citizen s mind.

FAhmed

Dhaka

To the railway authorities

Sir. When intercity train Mahanagar came Into service and It ran on schedule, the compartments clean, everything In tip-top condition we felt very happy. Bui It was short lived and did not take much time to turn all Into shambles- the compartments became dirty, Ihe toilets unfit for use, the train started to stop al many places, people without tickets boarded the train and beggars, peddlers invaded the compartments.

Recently, when Subarno

Express came Into operation, w’e were very delighted with Its service. But in no time the train started lo run late, now-a-dayS it has become almost a routine to tie late for one or two hours sometimes even much longer than that.

Though Subarno Express Is scheduled to arrive at Chittagong station al 10 PM. it arrives usually much later. It is Indeed very inconvenient and risky for the passengers to go to their destlna-l Ion a( dead of night.

We would like to attract the attention of Bangladesh Railway to this station and request them ensure the comforts of the passengers.

Hope the railway authorities will not sit idle and take appropriate actions to alleviate die sufferings of the passengers.

NurJahan Chittagong