People of shoal areas in subhuman condition
Monday, 9 January 2012
Our Correspondent
RANGPUR, Jan 8: The people of shoal areas in Rangpur, Gaibandha, Lalmonirhat and Kurigram districts have been leading a miserable life as they are deprived of proper nutrition, medicare and education facilities.
The erosion of rivers is gradually turning them landless each year by devouring their houses and cultivable lands, sources said.
According to a statistics about 80 per cent people living in the shoal areas suffer from a number of diseases due to lack of adequate health services. They also suffer from malnutrition and illiteracy.
The reasons of their malnutrition are deficiency of a balanced diet and scarcity of pure drinking water.
These people live in acute poverty and deprived of proper government supports as well as non-government aid.
Cattle lifting rife
The farmers of Rangpur district have been passing their days in great anxiety as the incidents of cattle-lifting are on rise in recent days across the eight upazilas of the district.
Sources alleged that a number of cattle-lifters blessed by the local influential people and law-enforcing agencies are committing the crime freely.
A large number of farmers who have lost their cattle became frustrated as they were finding no alternative to cover their losses.
Abdul Hamid (45), a leading farmer of Badarganj upazila told FE that it is difficult for him to till his land during this Boro season without his own cow.
82,000 babies immunised
BSS reports: Rangpur pourashava immunized 82,000 under-five babies with polio vaccine under the first round of the 20th National Immunization Day (NID) in the divisional city Saturday, officials said.
Panel mayor Md Idris Ali formally launched the programme at the immunization centre of the pourashava by administering polio vaccines to the babies at 8 am and the process continued till 4 pm.
Over 750 volunteers, health workers supervisors, Sanitary Inspector of Rangpur pourashava Shoyeb Iqbal, its EPI Technician Rafikul Islam inspected and supervised the immunization in 180 centres set up in the pourashava.
The babies of 0-5 year age-group were immunized with two drops of polio vaccines, 6 months to 1 year age group with a 'Blue Colour' Vitamin-A capsule and the other babies with a 'Red Colour Vitamin- A capsule for preventing night blindness.
Besides, a large number of pourashava volunteers are continuing immunization the babies at their houses, rail stations, bus stands and other important places to bring all children under the programme by January 11 next in the first round.
The pourashava authorities will conduct the second round of the 20th national immunization programme on February 11 next in the city, the officials said.
RANGPUR, Jan 8: The people of shoal areas in Rangpur, Gaibandha, Lalmonirhat and Kurigram districts have been leading a miserable life as they are deprived of proper nutrition, medicare and education facilities.
The erosion of rivers is gradually turning them landless each year by devouring their houses and cultivable lands, sources said.
According to a statistics about 80 per cent people living in the shoal areas suffer from a number of diseases due to lack of adequate health services. They also suffer from malnutrition and illiteracy.
The reasons of their malnutrition are deficiency of a balanced diet and scarcity of pure drinking water.
These people live in acute poverty and deprived of proper government supports as well as non-government aid.
Cattle lifting rife
The farmers of Rangpur district have been passing their days in great anxiety as the incidents of cattle-lifting are on rise in recent days across the eight upazilas of the district.
Sources alleged that a number of cattle-lifters blessed by the local influential people and law-enforcing agencies are committing the crime freely.
A large number of farmers who have lost their cattle became frustrated as they were finding no alternative to cover their losses.
Abdul Hamid (45), a leading farmer of Badarganj upazila told FE that it is difficult for him to till his land during this Boro season without his own cow.
82,000 babies immunised
BSS reports: Rangpur pourashava immunized 82,000 under-five babies with polio vaccine under the first round of the 20th National Immunization Day (NID) in the divisional city Saturday, officials said.
Panel mayor Md Idris Ali formally launched the programme at the immunization centre of the pourashava by administering polio vaccines to the babies at 8 am and the process continued till 4 pm.
Over 750 volunteers, health workers supervisors, Sanitary Inspector of Rangpur pourashava Shoyeb Iqbal, its EPI Technician Rafikul Islam inspected and supervised the immunization in 180 centres set up in the pourashava.
The babies of 0-5 year age-group were immunized with two drops of polio vaccines, 6 months to 1 year age group with a 'Blue Colour' Vitamin-A capsule and the other babies with a 'Red Colour Vitamin- A capsule for preventing night blindness.
Besides, a large number of pourashava volunteers are continuing immunization the babies at their houses, rail stations, bus stands and other important places to bring all children under the programme by January 11 next in the first round.
The pourashava authorities will conduct the second round of the 20th national immunization programme on February 11 next in the city, the officials said.