Sit-in for road repair

Students of a school under Nagarkanda upazila held a sit-in at local Shaheed Minar premises yesterday demanding immediate repair of a road to their school at Ziakoli village. They also submitted a memorandum to Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) S.M Abdul Kader. Source said, around 50 students of Poradia SA Khan High School held the sit-in programme from 10am-12 noon. Md. Samsuddoha Talukder , a member of the managing committee said, around 200 students of Ziakoli village suffer as they wade through waist deep water in rainy season. The allocated money and TR to repair the road were gobbled up several times, he alleged.