Woes of common people
I fully agree with Mr. Minhaj Ahmed's view, expressed in his letter, published in The Daily Star on October 25, 2010, under the caption, 'Unbearable'. In addition to the load shedding, traffic jam, and high prices of essentials, the scarcity of water and gas is affecting people. Many are becoming sick by drinking unsafe water. Crimes of all sorts have gone up alarmingly, ruling party men are engaged in deplorable activities and police are sheltering them. Now conflict has arisen between local people and law enforcers in Rupganj of Narayanganj over forced land purchase for housing project of the army. The locals have said that the army is forcing them to sell land for only Tk. 15 lakh per bigha when the current market price is Tk. 40 lakh. We don't know what to say, this sort of news is very disturbing. Conflict arising between army and common people portrays a very grim picture; we shudder to think the consequences of it. Oblivious to all these serious problems, the government is busy changing names, trying to evict Begum Khaleda Zia from her house, how absurd! Like Mr. Minhaj Ahmed we also want to know- what is our fault, why is the govt. punishing us like this?
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