Aila-hit people
A brief news article and a photograph published in a daily has rightly depicted the miseries of the people of the southern part of the country (The Daily Star: 6th September,2009). It is not the picture of only Shyamnagar Upazila of Satkhira district.
The same dismal picture is pervasive in almost all Unions of Koira Upazila of Khulna district. The people are still living in makeshift thatched houses on the embankment. Monsoon weather and saline water inundation have made their lives more miserable. There is no drinking water in the neighbourhoods. People have to move a long distance for saline-free water for their day to day wash. People are living in a miserable state without employment. Thousands of inhabitants of these localities have already left their homestead in quest of their sustenance.
But it is not understandable yet why these hapless people cannot draw proper attention of the government and the local representatives.
Local political parties are equally reluctant in coming forward to their rescue. May be the next election is very far! In this circumstance, may I humbly request the government and the representatives thereof to try to feel the predicament of the hapless people and take side with them right now.
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