A memorial to noted personalities Tareque Masud and Mishuk Munier was opened to public at Dhaka University yesterday. It is part of the Road Accident Memorial Installation.
Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor Professor AAMS Arefin Siddique unveiled the memorial, the white painted art form of the wrecked micro bus with registration number – Dhaka Cha 13-0302.
Tareque, a famed filmmaker, Mishuk, a media personality, and three others died in the afternoon of August 13, 2011, when a bus rammed into their micro-bus from the opposite direction.
Tareque Masud Memorial Trust established the sculpture in association with BRAC Bank near Shamsunnahar Hall.
Sculptor Dhali Al Mamun, who survived the same road crash, was the designer and Salauddin Ahmad the engineer of the memorial.
While unveiling the memorial around 4:30pm, Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor Arefin said:“This sculpture is meant for creating mass awareness about road accidents.”
He urged the students and others to be cautious about the country’s traffic rules and regulations to avoid road accidents.
Mishuk’s wife Munjoli Kazi said the vehicle owners were more responsible than the drivers behind road accidents. “You (owners) must appoint skilled and efficient drivers with legal processes”.
Film actor Elias Kanchan, also chairman of Nirapad Sarak Chai, said: “The drivers as well as the victims are responsible for the accidents. Everyone has to be aware of road accidents.”
Cultural personality Nasir Uddin Yousuf Bacchu and noted journalist Munni Shaha, among others, were present during the memorial unveiling ceremony.
