The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Bagerhat

Bikalpa Dhara president AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury yesterday urged all politicians to come forward in aid of Sidr affected people as the main objective of politics is to serve people.

He was talking to newsmen on return from some of the badly affected areas.

The former President said his party had urged the government to declare the calamity as a 'National Disaster'.

He called upon the government officials and employees to properly utilize the money allotted for rehabilitation of the cyclone victims in a planned way.

Dr Chowdhury also urged the government to see that corruption does not creep into the rehabilitation work that involved huge money.

He advised the people in cyclone prone areas to store under the earth some rice, pulse and dry foods in their respective home yards in the event of great danger signal to meet the emergency. BDB secretary general Maj (retd) MA Mannan was present.