Putting plaque on Rangpur memorial seems uncertain
Putting plaque on the memorial for the martyred freedom fighters at Shurovi Udyan adjacent to the town's collectorate ground has become uncertain as the plaque could not be completed in the last six years.
Local freedom fighters expressed their dissatisfaction over the delay in putting the plaque and called upon the authorities concerned to complete the work correcting the list of the martyred freedom fighters and including names of those not mentioned in it.
Construction of the memorial having 36 names of martyred freedom fighters of six upazilas of Rangpur district in the plaque was started in August 2005 with the financial assistance of the Liberation War Affairs Ministry at a cost of Tk 10.50 lakh
A few agitated people demolished the plaque in 2006 as names of two martyred freedom fighters -- Khandaker Mukhtar Elahi and Roni Rahman of Sadar Upazila -- were missing from the plaque.
Mosaddeque Hossan Bablu, commander of the Rangpur district Muktijoddha Sangsad, said a good number of names of martyred freedom fighters were not included in the plaque.
Rangpur Sadar upazila Muktijoddha Sangsad commander Jasim Uddin said it is regrettable that the memorial plaque was not completed in the last six years. He demanded quick completion of the work.
Contacted, BM Enamul Hoque, deputy commissioner of Rangpur, said that the matter of dropping names of two martyred freedom fighters from the plaque was brought to the notice of the Ministry of Liberation War Affairs. We are waiting for necessary steps now, he added.
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