Biharis demand proper rehabilitation

Urdu speaking people, popularly known as Biharis, living in various camps in Dhaka staged a demonstration at Muktangon in the city yesterday demanding their proper rehabilitation.
They formed a human chain during the demonstration in support of their demand.
Several hundred people from various camps in Dhaka, including Mohammadpur Geneva camp, town hall camp and Mirpur Section 11 camp, joined the programme organised by Urdu-Speaking People's Youth Rehabilitation Movement (USPYRM).
Later, USPYRM representatives submitted a memorandum containing six-point demand to the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her Tejgaon office.
USPYRM in its memorandum urged the government not to evict them before their proper rehabilitation. It also demanded of the government to continue benefits and utility services for the Bihari community until their rehabilitation and a formal announcement in this regard.
It called on the government to set up schools for Bihari children, special employment quota for at least one person from each Bihari family and renovation of dilapidated buildings in Wapda Bihari colony at Mirpur Section 11.
It also urged the United Nations, donor countries and international organisations to help Bangladesh government rehabilitate the Urdu-speaking community.
It demanded that the Biharis should be rehabilitated in the area where they are now living. Moving somewhere else would disconnect them from the traditional profession they are engaged in.