Residents of Gabura, Padmapukur and Burigoalini formed a human chain at Shyamnagar upazila headquarters of Satkhira yesterday demanding measures to reconstruct cyclone Aila affected embankments to save the district from natural calamities.
People of Aila-effected area formed the human chain under the banner of the Janasanggathan Samannay Committee, the Sundarban Students Solidarity Team, the Ekta Jubo Sangha and the Sangrami Jubo Foundation in front of the Shyamnagar Press Club yesterday.
The rally was presided over by Maruf Hossain, president of Sundarban students solidarity team.
Speakers at the rally said Shyamnagar was the most vulnerable area to natural calamities in the country.
It has been five years since 10 villages – Parshemari, Jelekhali, Gagramari, Napitkhali, Lebbunia, Gurgabati, Nildumur and Kolabari affected by cyclone Aila, but the government could not take comprehensive measures to save lives and property of the people of there.
They demanded immediate reconstruction of Aila affected embankments, stopping saline water intrusion in the coastal agricultural land, special allocation in the coming budget for development of coastal agriculture, exemplary punishment for the people involved in embankment damaging and forming a special policy for coastal embankment management.