Eating up a canal!
The canal is more than 100 years old, flowing just beside Saadat University College, Karatia, Tangail, one of the first five university colleges of the country. This canal connects Karatia haat (village market) which is the biggest village bazaar of the country. But regrettably this 100-year old canal is about to die only because of some local unscrupulous land grabbers who have been gradually eating up this canal. This photo was taken on 7 May 2010 and it shows how they have been filling the basin of the canal. This tin-shed market is owned by a member of Karatia Union Parishad which is totally illegal. Local inhabitants are sick of his unscrupulous activities. Freeing rivers and canals from these illegal grabbers is one of the major tasks of the present government. I fervently request the government to take drastic action against the culprits and free this canal, so that it can again be full of water and fishes to help the local dwellers in all respects.
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