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Form DND Unnayan Kartripakkha to end public suffering

Residents urge govt

Staff Correspondent
Residents of Dhaka-Narayanganj-Demra (DND) area at a press conference yesterday demanded the government to form an autono-mous 'DND Unnayan Kartripakkha (DUK)' to end the suffering of the people.
They called for forming DUK that would be similar to Rajuk and through which the government will be able to accelerate the development of the DND area.
The speakers said this at the press conference organised by DND Development Forum (DDF) at the National Press Club in the city, adding that the people have
been suffering from last 30 years due to the government's lack of initiative to solve the problems of the area.
The 57-kilometre DND area was brought under irrigation project in 1960. For the reason, a huge number of people from different areas came to the DND area for their livelihood and started to build houses in the area.
As the number of people has increased over the years, they gradually began to make residences on the agricultural land without any planning and without proper drainage and sewerage system that further lead to water logging.
The speakers also called on the government to cancel the DND Irrigation Project to turn the area a modern city through the intervention of DUK and to ensure citizen's rights of the people in the area.
Chairman of DDF Dr MA Nasir, while presenting a keynote paper, said currently some 20 lakh people are living in the DND area. But every year they have been facing severe water logging which could be removed through proper drainage system and by setting up powerful pumps.
"Every year print and electronic media exposes the pitiable condition of the people in this area, but the government is yet to take any action regarding this," he said, adding that it leads the environment of the area to deteriorate further.
. As the streets are unplanned, there is no lamppost and as soon as the dark approaches, the roads become insecure for the pedestrians. Even the industries, which were set up without any plan, pour industrial wastes and worsen the environment of the area, the .speakers added.
They demanded a permanent solution to the water logging situation that would irk them as soon as the rain comes and to improve the environment with the DUK intervention.
DDF Adviser Shakur Nasir, Dr Mohammad Sadrul Amin, Vice President Farida Akhter and Secretary General Shamsuddoha also took part.