Few playgrounds, open spaces in Tangail town
Children in Tangail town are deprived of play and recreation facilities due to lack of sufficient playgrounds and open spaces.
Surprising though, no children's park was set up in the municipality that was established in 1887.
The situation is far from being conducive to smooth physical and mental development of the children, said a local resident.
The municipality comprising 18 wards and having a population of about two lakh has already turned into a concrete jungle in last few years due to indiscriminate and unplanned construction of numerous houses and shopping malls.
Most of the children of the municipal areas do not know how to swim as there is no swimming pool and most of the water bodies and ponds in the municipal areas have already been filled up for construction work.
"My three school going children spend quite a long time watching television, especially Hindi serials in different channels, as there is no playground or open places near my house. I know it is not good for them but what can I do? Where will they go for playing?” said businessman Anwar Hossain of Purba Adalatpara.
Torit Hasan Muyid, an organiser of children in the town, said majority of the children of the town attend private schools but most of them are without any playground or open space.
Besides, a large number of children working at tea stalls, hotels, restaurants, workshops, factories, shops and other places of the municipal areas have hardly any recreation facilities, he said.
Unplanned construction of numerous dwelling houses and commercial structures across the municipal area ate up the open spaces while authorities seem reluctant about the necessity of children's play and recreation, said several senior citizens in the town.
However, Shahidur Rahman Khan Mukti, new mayor elect of Tangail municipality, said, "I and counsellors of the municipality are very much aware about the problem. We have already planned to set up parks and provide other facilities for children at different places in the municipal area within a very short time."
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