The much-publicised ‘Lengthy March’, consisting of an entourage of round 200 leaders and activists, was flagged off by the get together’s appearing secretary normal Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir at Dhaka’s Azampur space on Tuesday morning.
The marchers will maintain six avenue rallies at completely different factors on approach to the Tessta Barrage within the northern Nilphamari district on Wednesday. The programme will finish with a rally at Dalia and comes within the backdrop of extreme water shortage within the northern districts. The water circulation within the Teesta has dropped to 650 cusecs from 3,500 cusecs round this time final 12 months.
The programme, the BNP stated, supposed to deal with Bangladesh’s demand for respectable share of Teesta waters from India and to decry the federal government’s failure in guaranteeing it. The get together can also be urgent for an equal share from 53 different transborder river waters. The federal government, it claims, has surrendered nationwide pursuits and handed over the ‘energy hall’ to India.
The BNP’s allies have prolonged their help to the programme.
Whereas the federal government is holding a detailed eye on the march, State Minister for Residence Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan warned that those that would trigger anarchy would face authorized motion. The federal government would nonetheless help the programme whether it is organised peacefully, he added.
Printed – April 23, 2014 12:33 am IST
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