People of Char Khanpur Bangladesh and their Survival struggle and our conscience
By Super Admin
I went to the people on both sides of the river Padma on 13.3.221 yesterday to raise awareness about wildlife conservation and climate change. In the morning at Rajshahi Shimla Park and around 2 pm we reached Char Khanpur (Khidirpur) on the other side of the Padma. There are five of us with four people from the Forest Department and the Department of Wildlife and Nature Conservation, Rajshahi. However, after walking a few kilometres on the way, the boat had to go again due to the lack of water in the river. We reached Char Khanpur, a village in Bangladesh bordering India, at around 3.30 pm. Several people were already standing on the bank of the river to receive us. I saw that every house in this village was made of tin. The only brick house is a mosque with a Hafezia Madrasa. In the madrasa, 35 little boys are memorizing the Qur'an. One of them is about four years old. Everyone has a magical look to see in children. In the morning, the mike of the mosque informed Sabai about our arrival. About two thousand people live in this village. A man in his seventies said that at one time there were four thousand voters and now there are less than two thousand people. The residents of this village cultivate various crops and vegetables including cattle, buffalo, sheep and goat rearing. Some of them also make a living from fishing. He added, "Like every year, some houses and cultivable lands have been lost in the Padma this year." He said it is doubtful whether this village will remain next year. Every year floods raise water from the knees to the waist. Then the breakup begins. Even then, I am still in the love of my grandfather Vita. There is no treatment here. If someone is infected with the disease, there is no treatment other than the hospital in Rajshahi. Of course, there is a school in the village. When you hear about the marriage of the girls of this village, your eyes will rise to your forehead. These children are married off when they are ten or eleven years old. On the way, they met a man who was also married at the age of 11. He is now 18 years old. At this age, she is a mother of three children. The skinny girl said that the condition of every girl in this village is the same. Here a couple of boys go to Gondi Peru for some kind of high school to study in Rajshahi but they never come back to this village. As a result, there is no one to warn the people of Char. One of them. He has no medical training but he gives homeopathy and some medicine. There is no system to provide maternity services. Everyone has to go to Rajshahi city. Many children die on the way. Private hospitals and expensive doctors are scurrying all over the city. Private government hospitals and clinics have sprung up in the Laxmipur area of the city. . They are still in Bangladesh 50 years back. They are deprived of the right to food, clothing, shelter and medical education in the constitution. They are deprived of the right to food, clothing, shelter and medical education in the constitution. But as a human being we and Government haven't any responsibility ?
Md. Mizanur Rahman
Chairman, Save the Nature and Life.