Grabbed canal
A couple of days back a piece of news published in DS caught my attention which read “PM orders the concerned department to free all canals of the country from the illegal grabbers. It is a very worthwhile decision and got me interested in writing this letter. On the 3rd July (if my memory doesn't betray) there was a report on Channel 1 news on freeing a 100-year-old canal from illegal grabbers at Karatia, Tangail. This canal flows through just behind Saadat University College, one of the first five university colleges of the country. Just after the report was telecast on Channel 1, a number of policemen along with a magistrate reached the canal side and started breaking the encroachment. But the local Union Parishad chairman showed up there and requested the magistrate to give him 7 days' time to get the land free from grabbers. But alas, two months are gone! Nothing has happened! The grabbers are still encroaching govt lands.
My fervent request to the Honourable Prime Minister, PLEASE save this 100-year old canal from the hands of unscrupulous grabbers.
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