Barapukuria Land Subsidence
Lone Eidgah for 8 villages still remains under water
Land subsidence victims of eight villages around Barapukuria coal mine have to offer Eid prayers at other places this year too as the lone Eidgah in the area has remained under water since 2010.Photo: STAR
As in the two previous years, land subsidence victims of eight villages around Barapukuria coal mine have to offer Eid prayers at other places this year too since the only Eidgah in the area still remains under water. Around 16,000 villagers have been offering Eid prayers at a school ground at Barapukuria Bazar and at other places for the last two years as the 60-year-old Eidgah went under water as lands subsideded due to mining in 2010. The affected villages are Barapukuria, Kalupara, Balorampur, Jigagari, Boddyanathpur, Moupukur, Baspukur and Islampur. The Eidgah where the villagers used to offer Eid prayers and the land surrounding the Eidgah remains under waist-deep water. Md Ibrahim Khalil, convener of Jibon O Shampad Rakkha Committee, said as the school ground is too small to accommodate a large number devotees, the villagers have to go other places to offer Eid prayers. Md Belal Hossain, general secretary of the committee, said they had to offer prayers last year on a road near the Bazar due to shortage Eid grounds in the area. He demanded allocation of fund to prepare an Eidgah on a high land in the area.
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