Jessore Road
The corrupt feast on Jessore Road
The historic Jessore Road, immortalised in Allen Ginsberg's poem “September on Jessore Road”, is steadily losing the essence of its legacy due to a corrupt chain of unbridled tree-felling.
ALTERNATIVE IS THERE
Although there is sufficient government land on both sides of the historical Jessore Road for its expansion, the local authorities seem to be hell-bent on doing the expansion by felling more than 2,300 trees, a several hundred of them nearly two centuries old.
Rename back to ‘Jessore Road’: HC
The High Court directs the authorities concerned to immediately rename Khan A Sabur Road in Khulna as its previous name Jessore Road, because it has been named after a collaborator of Pakistani army.
The corrupt feast on Jessore Road
The historic Jessore Road, immortalised in Allen Ginsberg's poem “September on Jessore Road”, is steadily losing the essence of its legacy due to a corrupt chain of unbridled tree-felling.
ALTERNATIVE IS THERE
Although there is sufficient government land on both sides of the historical Jessore Road for its expansion, the local authorities seem to be hell-bent on doing the expansion by felling more than 2,300 trees, a several hundred of them nearly two centuries old.
Rename back to ‘Jessore Road’: HC
The High Court directs the authorities concerned to immediately rename Khan A Sabur Road in Khulna as its previous name Jessore Road, because it has been named after a collaborator of Pakistani army.
