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Sunday, April 11, 2010

[ALOCHONA] Power, water hungry people mount protest



Power, water hungry people mount protest
 

Road block at Mohakhali

Vehicular movements on the Mohakhali-Gulshan link road came to a halt for half an hour as locals blocked the road yesterday to press their demand for uninterrupted supply of water.

In Barisal, Power hungry demonstrators ransacked Palli Bidyut Samity office, assaulted UNO and power engineer in Wazirpur upazila town yesterday.
The residents of Block-C of Mohakhali took to the streets at 10:30am and blocked the road resulting in huge traffic congestion on both sides of the road and adjacent areas.The water crisis has been mounting in the capital due to frequent load-shedding as power demand increases with the approach of heated weather.

The demonstrators took position on the road with pitchers and buckets at around 10:30am, said Md Nurul Alam, Assistant Commissioner (Gulshan zone) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police.

They lifted their blockade an hour later as the representatives of the demonstrators went to the WASA office to hold talks with the water supply authorities, Alam said.
 
http://www.samakal.com.bd/details.php?news=13&action=main&option=single&news_id=58914&pub_no=305

The protesting locals blocked the same road last week to press the same demand and withdrew their protest after they were assured of a quick solution to the water crisis. But the water problem has not been solved yet, the residents said.

The protesters said they were not getting water from March 18 that forced them to stage the protest, The blockade was lifted after police stepped in and talked to the protesters.Residents in other parts of the city, including nearby Badda, have also launched protests in recent weeks.

In Barisal, Power hungry demonstrators ransacked Palli Bidyut Samity office, assaulted UNO and power engineer in Wazirpur upazila town yester and police picked four of them from the spot. Priya Sidhu Talukdar, UNO, said the demonstrators submitted a memorandum demanding power supply at 10:30 am. They were angered to see resident engineer of Palli Bidyut Samity Lutfar Rahman in his office. They assaulted him and also four staff of UNO office who tried to protect him.

After preliminary treatment, injured Lutfar Rahman was sent to Barisal under police escort.Residents said normal life and activities have been paralyzed by unprecedented load sheddintg - 13 to17 hours every day.

They accused Palli Bidyut Engineer Lutfar Rahman of corruption. "He has ensured power supply to saw mills, workshops and others in exchange of bribe," said Abdul Majid, a demonstrator.Later the mob carrying lethal weapons attacked the Palli Bidyut office at B N Khan College Road in the town, ransacked and assaulted officials.

Perturbed by the situation, the administration held a meeting with elite of the town at UNO office. Officials urged the residence for patience and help maintain peace.M A Aziz, officer in charge of Wazirpur thana, claimed situation is now under control. Four demonstrators - Chandu Molla, Matiur Rahman, Jalal Shikdar and Kharu Noman - were picked up from the scene and detained.

http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2010/04/12/news0527.htm


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[ALOCHONA] Fwd: The Crisis In Bangladesh



------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Zoglul Husain zoglul@hotmail.co.uk

 
Thank you, Dr Shabbir A Bashar, for raising some probing and piercing questions, which at the same time are brilliant. However, it would be for us together to find the answers as well as the solutions to the problems and to implement them in Bangladesh. We together are certainly capable of doing them, provided we unite and have confidence in our sustained efforts.
 
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2010 16:38:22 +0600
Subject: The Crisis In Bangladesh
From: bdmailer@gmail.com
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The Crisis In Bangladesh

By: Shabbir A Bashar, PhD
shabbir_bashar@yahoo.com

It is hard to remember when Bangladesh looked closer to being a failed state than everyday that passes by.  One cannot read a Bangladeshi newspaper for the fear of finding worse news than the day before;  yet one's worst fears come true with chronic regularity.  Power shortage, heat, ruling party mafia going crazy with their rampant rages of crimes, grid-locked traffic reaching a level of degeneracy, a broken law and order situation not to mention a dysfunctional justice system are all but symptoms of Bangladesh's failure in just about every field.

People in Bangladesh love to blame their leaders for all the evils.  It is not even worth to talk about the political mudslinging and finger pointing that goes amongst and between the parties.  My simple question to ordinary Bangladeshis is if all the miseries are a result of the leadership, then where do these leaders come from? Are they an alien force sent down upon this country of 160 million people to sabotage their existence or are the leaders home grown?  Who voted them into office?  This is by no means a political question to a country that is sharply divided along political parties based on a rotating dynastic system.  Do the voters not have any responsibility at all to think about their own destiny when they keep electing people who they are only going to end up blaming?  Do they have no responsibility to "check out the goods" before they buy them?  Would they marry off their children to a monster?

What percentage of the population pays income tax?  What portion of the revenue that is to be used for the most basic needs such as healthcare, education, housing and food comes from the Bangladeshi tax payer themselves?  How can people expect the government (regardless of who happens to be ruling the country at any given time) to provide for them when they themselves apparently fail to see the connection between their social responsibility and their civic expectations?  Bangladesh is no longer part of a colony.  No one is looting its wealth and no one is responsible for sustaining it either.  Is it that the mentality of being ruled - and therefore relegation of responsibility - runs so deep that they have forgotten to think?  I am puzzled and simultaneously reminded of the saying, "God helps those who help themselves".  How are people in Bangladesh helping themselves by cheating the system?  Just how long do they think they can rely on foreign aid and loans - in other words - ordinary folks like themselves in other countries?

Lack of foresight and forward planning specifically  is what has caused the crisis now facing Bangladesh.  Those entrusted with making these key policy decisions seem far too occupied with trivial things like changing names of institutions - only to be changed again by their successors; they are far too busy giving themselves raises and increasing their perks; they are far too busy exacting revenge on their opponents etc.  The ruling class has no vested interest in developing internal resources since they are not directly affected by its many failures: they have access to hospitals in India, Thailand, Singapore, UK or the USA;  likewise their children are educated abroad and they have a guaranteed income in Bangladesh.  They pay lip service to development and progress but clearly their heart is not in it. 

The ruled are in deep slumber and refuse to think for themselves - perhaps for fear of retribution.  Whatever thought that seems to go through their mind is about how to defeat the system.  Some of them believe in someone's daughter; others in someone's wife and yet others in the literal powers of holy books.  Rather than scrutinizing causes and effects, their decisions often seem like immature outburst of sentimental tantrums.  They are easily exploited by the ruling class and get used for fighting latter's proxy - often violent and ugly - wars.  Instead of exercising their rights and responsibilities, the ruled just accept and execute what is dictated to them.   When the rulers change, so does their destiny.  Only thing is, over the last several decades of Bangladesh's existence, their destiny only seems to be taking a dive.  The poor are getting poorer; the rich are getting not only richer but also fewer in number as a percentage of the growing population.

For any nation to succeed or to be at least viable, there has to be a large middle class - the backbone that holds it all together.  That has eroded away in Bangladesh like osteoporosis.  Wealth is so acutely concentrated that the difference between the "haves" and the "have nots" is now a quantum leap.  Those who have money go unchallenged;  those who do not are nothing but disenfranchised neo-slaves of the nation.  Bangladesh is a divided and a weak nation.  Blaming its leaders for all its failures is just a facade of a much deeper problem: Bangladeshis seem to lack basic management skills to sustain themselves.  It is as though the country is running around like a random particle wearing itself out fast.  It is in dire need of direction.

Where did the cohesive social values go?  Why do we read about young girls killing themselves in shame after being attacked or taunted by young men?  Why do we see pictures of men chasing other men with meat cleavers just to win a government contract?  Why have all the major educational institutes turned into dens of crime and violence?  Why are garments owners not paying their workers well?  Why are the so called micro-credit loan sharks charging astronomical interest rates to exploit the poorest of the poor? Is everything the fault of political leaders?  What are the parents doing not teaching their children about simple human values?  Why is there so much hatred, intolerance and greed instead of respect for another human being, tolerance for differences and patience?

Come on now - isn't this crisis the making of a larger number of the 160 million population than just the 1% of so called political leaders?  At the end of the day, one can only fool oneself - think about it!

Yours truly,
Shabbir A Bashar, PhD
Fremont, California, USA
United States
 

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Re: [ALOCHONA] Re: [Bangladesh-Zindabad] Imported Indian Food & Spices



Dear Alochoks,
 
Unfortunately our own countymen are well capable of mixing poisions with food and fruits as well. They have been doing it for a long time. Maybe some Indian businessmen are also doing it as well. Each of us should consider quality of Indian food when they buy it. But reality is we rely on steady supply of Indian rice, onion, garlic, fruits etc. Indian food is a reality in our lives. If we could make it harder for Indian or Bangladeshi businessmen [ or women!] to sell us such food, that could save us.
 
BTW, the name "Hidustan" is a persian name given by Muslims. The word Hindu [ religion and place] came from the river sind.
 
The name Hind is derived from the Iranian equivalent of Indo-Aryan Sindh. The Avestan -stān means country or land (cognate to Sanskrit sthāna "place, land").
India was called Hindustan in Persian although the term Hind is in current use. al-Hind الهند is the term in the Arabic language (e.g. in the 11th century Tarikh Al-Hind "history of India"). It also occurs intermittently in usage within India, such as in the phrase Jai Hind.
The terms Hind and Hindustān were current in Persian and Arabic from the 11th century Islamic conquests: the rulers in the Sultanate and Mughal periods called their Indian dominion, centred around Delhi, Hindustan. -stan is a Persian suffix meaning "home of/place of".
 
I agree with you that, out of love for our country we should try to eat deshi food rather than buy inferior [ Indian or other countries] foreign food. However I sincerely hope in 21st century we do not act out of recial or religious hate of others. Such hate is not only against modern values, it is against teaching of Islam.
[ Source: Al Qur'an 5:8]
 
 
May all of you have a blessed day!
 
May peace be unto you.
 
--qr


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Subject: [ALOCHONA] Re: [Bangladesh-Zindabad] Imported Indian Food & Spices

 
Friends

This should be a final wake up call for all Bangladeshis who are happy(?) in buying HINDU  STAANI food items a lower price than the locally produced one. Few years back "Inqilab" published a news that all the imported mangos from HINDU  STAAAN is poison since it is mixed with different kinds of chemical to show it is ripen n coloured like ripe one. Bangladesh imports(1/4)  n smugglers bring in the 2/3 for HINDU STAAN without any checking by the relevant authority. Almost all the food items are intentionally mixed with chemical either for presentable or for falls quality show. These items are not only injurious to health but also act as slow poisoning. This is an intentional act of heinous beasts HINDU  STAAN to slow poison the Bangladeshis to make Bangladeshis lose ingredient that helps our to keep us healthy by thus we will turn in years a physically weak n mentally dumb nation.

Our prime minister hasina has rightly complained that she was slow poisoned during her so-called( staged drama) internment by the illegal care taker govt controlled by Pinaiiiikkkkka the haramjada  dhiplomaaaaat.  In fact she should have told that the whole nation was being slow poisoned by the beasts HINDUS  of HINDU  STAAAN in a calculated manner n to help in their evil design the mohfooos/mutia/abooood kon. Raw kontho/ the BAL stalwarts are relentlessly working to cover up by terming the protesting people as "judhdha oporadhi/razakar/OMANUSH etc etc.

Wake up Bangladeshis n take patriotic  vow to reject the goods made by the HINDUS of HINDU  STAAN n patronize the locally produced goods no matter if it costs little more. By thus we will not only be helping the local producer economically but also encourage them to grow more n get the bestial products out of Bangladesh market. I am fully aware that it is not possible just like that n  may take 10-15 years that but let us start our move right from now n hope the shining Bangladesh will peep in soon.

BANGLADESH   ZINDABAD
ZINDABAD  BANGLADESH  ZINDABAD.

Faruque Alamgir

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[ALOCHONA] Electricity Crisis_Mitthacar by Moin Gong & also Sk Hasian!!!



Dear Brothers & Sisters,

 

The claim of Moin Gong, Sk Hasiana & her followers about the corruption in power sector & production of electricity is completely baseless or not.

 

For detail pl go through the following links :

 

http://www.amardeshonline.com/pages/details/2010/04/12/27164

 

Thanks & regards,

 

Engr M H Khan




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