Korail slum
I commend Rashidul Hasan and Shaheen Mollah for their investigative journalism in Monday's edition of your newspaper. The feature is particularly impressive for its depth reporting. Clearly there are powerful vested interests at play in this siphoning off of national resources and exploitation of the wretched dwellers. I'm particularly concerned for the lack of safety in dispensing gas to these poor residents. The government ought to look into this potential tragedy immediately and take necessary steps to relocate these vulnerable residents. How could past and present governments allow this growth to mushroom despite past incidents of fire that many hoped would force the government to find these residents an alternative safe abode?
I sincerely hope that this thought-provoking report will draw attention from the concerned departments and help avert a tragedy that is inevitable.
Shaheen Hussain
Purana Paltan
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