Civic problems at Baridhara
Shahadat Hussain, On e-mail
I am forced to draw the attention of the highest authorities for the very simple reason that the officials at lower levels do not function at all without orders from the higher chain of command under the prevailing circumstances. Of course, they do function at times without command but that functioning is rarely for public interest: they mostly function in their own interest for their own benefit.The actual problems I myself, my family members, and the neighbourhood are facing now for which I am drawing the attention of the highest authorities are specifically as follows: For the last few months it is found that the City Corporation's personnel have placed a very long and large garbage trailer on the western side of Progoti Sharani viz. on the western side of our building (at Plot 2, Road 2/b, J Block, Baridhara) and the Japanese School. The American chancery and the American embassy are also situated nearby on the northeast and north-west respectively. This long and large garbage trailer receives garbage throughout the day. The garbage is carried by a fleet of rickshaw vans from various parts of Baridhara, Gulshan and then shifted to and piled up on the trailer by manual labour. This filled-in trailer is removed in the evening or midnight and replaced by another empty trailer which again starts receiving garbage from the morning hours. This process of handling the garbage day and night has vitiated the whole neighbourhood by its extremely foul, obnoxious and stinky odour and most harmful germ-carrying air. We wonder why the officials of the City Corporation could not select a suitable place elsewhere for this job, instead of victimising the people of Baridhara? We also find that the muddy thick water and rubbish that fills up the sewerage drain which is located in-between the service road and the main road (Progoti Sharani) from the Japanese School up to the American chancery and Badda police station is never cleaned. Consequently, the muddy thick water and rubbish of this sewerage drain spreads intolerable and unhealthy stink in the whole neighbourhood. It also breeds mosquitoes in millions. We, therefore, beg to the relevant authorities to save us from the above-mentioned unhealthy atmosphere by removing the garbage trailer elsewhere immediately and cleaning the sewerage drain regularly. There is a service road running by the eastern side of the Progoti Sharani and by the western side of the Japanese School, our residence building, American chancery and some other houses of Baridhara J-Block. It is very strange that every night 6-7 public buses are parked on this service road by the side of our residence building and another 6-7 buses are parked on the main road without any legal authority for parking. This sort of unlawful parking at night has turned the place into a sort of unofficial public bus depot and a den of anti-social elements. May we, therefore, request the authorities to look into the problems faced by us.
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