The New Nation - Internet Edition

Our Correspondent , Jessore

Nineteen workers were injured when they went to reconstruct the village protection embankment under TRM projects at Keshabpur in Jessore district, which was destroyed by the cyclone Aila.

About 200 villagers, including women, with lethal weapons on Wednesday attacked the workers. They also beat the members of the embankment reconstruction committee. Locals said the work of reconstruction of about 4,000 feet embankment at the village Arja near the bill Khukshia of Sree Hari river was stopped after the first phase of clash. The workers took shelter on the Betikhola road of Keshabpur-Bhabadah embankment, about five kilometers away fleeing from the place of occurrence. It was seen that over 100 workers were waiting there. Kamrul Islam of Arja village was detained at a house nearby. The conditions of Shamsur Rahman, Mashiar Rahman, Fatu Sardar, Afsaruddin, Matiar Rahman were stated to serious.

Chairman of the area Abdus Samad said the people of the villages near the Bill Khuksia were annoyed on the projects of the Water Development Board(WDB), but the village protection embankment is essential. He said he was trying to settle the issue of clash.

It maybe mentioned that the WDB constructed a village protection embankment taking a TRM project to solve the water stagnation problem, return of navigation of the Hari river and the problem of the Bill(water body) at Keshabpur Bill Khukshia on 850 acres of land in 2005. But the land owners were not paid the compensation money for which they were so annoyed.