Bangladesh is now facing one of the deadliest floods in its long heart-breaking flood history. Currently Feni, Comilla, Noakhali, Lakshmipur, Khagrachhari, Brahmanbaria and Moulbhibazar areas are the victims of the flood. Mostly the people of Feni are suffering the most. They are in nightmare for the three consecutive days.
After July Massacre, the Bangladeshi people and precisely students are not in the right mood. And unluckily there is a flood in which India have the influence as it is seen that the Dumbur dam was opened without any prior notice. Students from several public universities staged demonstrations, rallies, and torch processions blaming India for the current flash floods in Bangladesh yesterday. They also demanded fair water-sharing agreements with India which is a fair demand since the Independence. They said the opening of the Dumbur dam upstream of the Gumti river in Tripura is the reason behind the sudden floods.
The students from Dhaka University, Jahangirnagar University, Rajshahi University, Islamic University, Barisal University, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Begum Rokeya University, Jashore University of Science and Technology, and Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology demonstratred the anger. Meanwhile, India yesterday refuted claims of causing floods in Bangladesh.
The flood situation in eastern Bangladesh has not been caused by the release of waters from an Indian dam on the Gumti river in Tripura, said India's Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).
Students of DU held a torch procession from the TSC on Wednesday around 7:00pm and marched through various roads on the campus.During the procession, the students chanted slogans directed at India, including "Bharatiya agrashon rukhe darao jonogon (People, stand against Indian aggression)", Delhi na Dhaka? Dhaka, Dhaka, Some students called India Jolsontrash (Water Terrorist) and many other slogans were chanted. They demanded compensation for the loss of the country and also the cancellation of all the unjust treaty between two countries.
In JU, a few hundred students, alongside some teachers, organised a torch procession under the banner of Anti-Descrimination Student Movement on wednesday around 7:30pm. Later, they held a rally at the university Shaheed Minar.
During the procession, students were seen chanting similar slogans as heard in DU. In RU, several hundred students,alongside teachers from different departments, under the same banner, brought out a procession and staged a rally at the university's main gate at 1:00pm yesterday.
A student and agitator from DU said, "Since our Independence, Indian government has been torturing Bangladesh in so many ways, they considered us as the sub-human, they did this to us after the oust of their delhi backed Awami doll govt."
Students from Islamic University in Kushtia and Barisal University held processions from their campuses and staged rallies in campus areas.
JnU students also staged a demonstration early yesterday at the main gate at 1:00pm. Students of SUST, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Bangladesh University of Textiles, and Dhaka College also brought out protest programmes with similar demands in the last two days.
Besides, a delegation of seven-members representing a faction of Gono Odhikar Parishad submitted a six-point message to the Indian High Commission yesterday.
The demands along with the immediate closure of all dams opened towards Bangladesh within 24 hours.
The aftermath of the Dam opening and flood is that the more the people suffer the more the anger rises against India.
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