Protesters lock WDB office in Rajshahi for protection from Padma erosion
Staff Correspondent, Rajshahi
Several hundred people locked the divisional headquarters of the Water Development Board (WDB) in Rajshahi city yesterday demanding that the authorities concerned ensure protection of the district from bank erosion of Padma.
The demonstrators under the banner of Rajshahi
Rakkha Sangram Parishad entered the headquarters and urged the officials to leave the building around 11:00am. They then locked several offices, including that of the chief engineer, for about an hour.
Liakat Ali, president of the parishad, said Bulonpur and Panchaboti areas of the city, Noboganga, Harupur, Bosori, Sonaikandi of Poba upazila, Rajshahi Cadet College, Police Training Academy of Sardah, Tangon, Yousufpur of Charghatupazila, Sultanganj of Godagari are already facing bank erosion. NGO representatives, cultural activists, women leaders and politicians were present.
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