Published on 12:00 AM, April 21, 2020

Prevent gatherings at all cost

I recently had the bitter experience of going to the Palli Bidyut Zonal Office, Mirzapur, Tangail to pay the electricity bill for an irrigation pump. There were two long queues of mostly farmers from different villages who have little knowledge of social distancing, and who had to face great troubles to get there as there is hardly any transportation. No proper guidelines have been given about postponing or waiving the fine on late payment of bills for irrigation pump owners. The authorities should deal with this immediately, or more lives will be put at risk for this simple task.