Govt doesn't want to go tough against students: Jahangir

Master plan of Haors to be revised: Rizwana

FE Team | Published: November 27, 2024 00:35:24

SUNAMGANJ, Nov 26 (BSS): Home and Agriculture Adviser Lt Gen Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury (retd) has said they don't want to go tough against the students.
"We don't want to take any measures against the students or go tough against them because they are our children," he said.
The adviser came up with the remarks while speaking at a programme during his visit to crops protection embankment at Matian Haor in the Umedpur area under Tahirpur upazila of the district on Monday.
He said the students would place their logical demands and the government would look into the matter and thus pacify them.
The home minister has suggested that the students hold talks with them about their demands and express their resentment in the Suhrawardi Udyan instead of taking to streets.
About the problems that took place between the colleges, he said delegations of the students and teachers of the concerned colleges could solve the problem through holding talks.
He has requested the students not to take to the streets, adding, "We don't want to behave rudely with the students like the previous government. We want to solve each of the problems through discussions."
During the visit, Water Resources Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan has said the proposed master plan for the development of Haors and other water bodies will be revised soon.
"We will see the reality and people's participation in the master plan and it would be implemented in an environment friendly way," she said.
Rizwana, also forest and climate change adviser, said, "We came here to see the damaged embankments which usually caused losses of different crops in the Haor areas."
"New embankments will be constructed at the appropriate points for safeguarding the crops of the farmers," she said.
The adviser stressed the importance of timely work to protect crops from flash floods. "We must be very vigilant so that we can cultivate our harvest before flash floods hit."
The indiscriminate movement of houseboats, misuse of polythine and noise prolusion will be controlled smoothly, Syeda Rizwana said.
Agriculture Secretary Dr Md Emdad Ullah Miah, Water Resources Secretary Nazmul Ahsan, Deputy Commissioner Dr Md Elias Miah and Police Super AFM Anwar Hossain were also present during the visit.