Mahfizul Islam Ripon, Parbortipur
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Another land subsidence at Barapukuria Coalmine area in Dinajpur recently made the local people affected and many houses got cracks on walls.
The incident made the local people agitated and they held rallies to mark their protests on May 4 from 10 am to 2 pm against the negligence of the authorities to provide compensation and rehabilitation..
Hundreds of people gathered under the banner of ‘Protect Life and Property Committee’ led by Ibrahim Khalilullah. Administration created barricade with magistrates Muhammed Hossain Prince and Shafiur Rahman and Sr. SP Sanjit Kumar Roy. Activists urged the government to solve their problems. They gave ten days ultimatum to resolve their issues.
They criticized the delaying process of rehabilitation and blamed the administration for creating bureaucratic deadlock.
The cultivable land, homes, graveyard of Patrapara, Bashpukur, Kalupara were repositioned towards earth because of the big cracks over the hollow surface of the coal field and upper surface land area went down and created water land over there. People of that area organized
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