'Build permanent dam on Jamuna at Ranigram'
Villagers at a rally at Charmalshapara in Sirajganj demand construction of an embankment on Jamuna from Ranigram Hard Point to Jamuna Bridge.Photo: STAR
People from all walks of life of 12 villages in Sirajganj Sadar upazila, at a rally held at Charmalshapara intersection here yesterday, demanded of the Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) authorities to construct a permanent dam from Ranigram heart point to Jamuna Bridge in the ongoing dry season.
They also demanded immediate rehabilitation of hundreds of river erosion victims of last rainy season.
People who thronged the area included teachers, businessmen, politicians, labourers, social workers and cultural activists.
Hafez Abdul Quddus presided the rally.
Speakers said the BWDB personnel are wasting crores of taka every year in name of protecting people from river erosion. But people living near the river fall regular victims of flood and erosion causing ruination of their homesteads, property and land, they said.
If a permanent dam is constructed and the river channel is dredged regularly then the affected people would have been saved from the natural calamity, they further said.
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