Townsfolk paralyse Natore for 15 minutes for gas link
Natore townspeople stage sit-in on a road yesterday demanding gas supply to the district town. They also formed human chain during the agitation programme.Photo: STAR
All activities in Natore town came to a halt for 15 minutes yesterday as townsfolk participated in road blockade and human chain programmes demanding supply of gas to the district town through pipeline. People from all walks of life stopped their work and movement of vehicular traffic remained halted during the programme. Townspeople under the banner of 'Gas Supply Movement Committee' blocked all roads and formed human chains at 15 points, including Kanaikhali bus stand, for 15 minutes from 11:00am. They demanded that the government install pipeline to supply gas to Natore and make an announcement in this regard. Sources said installation of pipeline from Sirajganj via Bonpara in Natore for supplying gas to Rajshahi has started, keeping Natore town out of the gas supply project. Addressing the rallies at the venues, Gas Supply Movement Committee President Kazi Abul Hashem, former municipal chairman Khandker Zubair Hossain, Amel Chowdhury and advocate Sirajul Islam urged the government to include Natore town in the gas supply project. The speakers also gave a seven-day ultimatum to the government to make an announcement in this regard. Otherwise, they threatened to launch a tougher action programme to realise their demand. Narayanganj, gas starved people yesterday laid a siege to the regional office of Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company demanding uninterrupted gas supply in the district. According to UNB, the agitated people, under the banner of Narayanganj Zila Unnayan Parishad, also staged demonstration and formed a human chain in Chashara Balur math area in the morning.
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