'Chameri House'
I am surprised to see the statement issued by CIRDAP and published in The Daily Star on March 14, '08 in reply to the signature campaign of 91 eminent scholars', professors, poets, journalists, educationists and others. I have witnessed that at least a dozen of national dailies, both English & Bangla, have published their statement to safeguard the heritage building Chameri House-- from the initiative taken to construct a six-story building over there.
CIRDAP claims that necessary steps have been taken to preserve the Chameri House as it is being used as their headquarters. How can they issue such a statement? What type of steps they have taken is not mentioned at all. It is only the government which can declare Chameri House as a heritage site and the Department of Archaeology will take necessary steps to preserve it. If it is declared a heritage site then there can be no further construction work there.
The caretaker government should consider this matter very seriously.
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