Dear All,
Yesterday ( 18 July 2010 ) BKF & BKS Bhurungamari Sub-district committee organized a long-march joined by more than one thousand local landless and fisherfolks marched from Boldia to Bhurungamari to submit a memorandum to local government authority in Sub-district level.
The 20 Kilometer long march is demanding for the cancellation of lease of "Sonarhater Chora", a big water bodies in Bhurungamari sub-district under the northern Kurigram District. Sub-district commissioner received the memorandum and told us that they will try to do something for people.
BKF&BKS also arranged rally in front of Sub-district commissioner office after long-march.
On 25 June 2010, local fisherfolks, landless peasants occupied the Sonarhater Chora and gave small fish in the water bodies. In the memorandum leaders said that people gave fish, so they have right to preserved that fish and catch that fish after grown up from this common properties.
I have attached some picture of that long march program.
Best regards
Pathak Lal Golder
Office Secretary of
Bangladesh Krishok Federation(BKF)
Address: Ismail Mansion, 9/H Motijheel,
Room No- 405, Dhaka- 1000
Bangladesh
Phone: 0088-02-9559980 (office)
Mobile: 0088-01716056847