Help the family
Road accident has become part of our life. I already have written a novel regarding road accident. Still I have more things to add to this context. My pen would go on until the term “road traffic accident” is removed from the dictionary of Bangladesh. Today I want to highlight one person named Tanzila Akhter and also provide more information.
Tanzila Akhter is the wife of Baset Talukder, a dedicated traffic sergeant who lost his life while performing his duty. His brother was also a traffic sergeant and a victim of road accident. Undoubtedly, both of them are heroes. It would not be any exaggeration to call Baset's family “One of the noblest families of Bangladesh”. But do we know what is the situation of Baset's family now? I learned the miserable situation of Tanzila by reading Prothom Alo on 15th July. How would she survive with two children? Baset Talukder was an honest officer and led a very simple life. Probably, that's why Tanzila has no good bank balance. She urgently needs a job. It is the responsibility of the nation to think about Tanzila Akhter and her two children.
In this context, I have a few more things to add. In Netherlands, there is a reputed organisation called IRSA which means International Road Safety Academy. It has taken many steps to fight road accidents. It has been quite successful in its mission of reducing the number of road accidents. It also has branches in eleven countries. Like IRSA, we too should establish an institution in our country, where we can equip ourselves with better training to fight against road accident. Of course, that institution should be named after Baset Talukder.
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