Kanchan's campaign
Ilias Kanchan is one of the leading film stars of this country. But in my view, as a social worker he is more important. I have never met him. Probably, I will never get the chance to meet him, but he is really rendering valuable social service.
In Bangladesh, no politician till now put any emphasis on saving the nation from the curse of road accidents. No thinker or writer took any initiative in this respect. But Ilias Kanchan is different.
Ilias Kanchan has already done a lot. I think his activities would get a new momentum if he could directly take the help of media. For example, in television we find several programmes on AIDS or dowry . In the same way, a package programme can be telecast to raise awareness against road accident. This initiative can only be taken by Ilias Kanchan.
Another step should also be considered. Students are the major victims of road accidents. Often violence breaks out between driver-helper and students. Burning buses and attacking the drivers can never be a solution. Drivers are also human beings and thus our brothers. There are several positive ways to rectify the wrong being committed by our brothers. So to change the situation, I think meetings must be arranged between transport operators and the people in general.
I strongly believe that Ilias Kanchan will be successful in his battle against road accidents.
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