Monday, April 5, 2010
Sajek victims demand rehabilitation
chtnews.com
News No. 79/2010, April 01, 2010
THE Sajek Land Protction Committee and Sajek Nari Samaj (Women
Association) in a statement today accused the government of attempting
to starve the Sajek attack victims to death.
Mr Gyanendu Bikash Chakma, Convenor of Sajek Land Protection Committee
and Ms Ambika Chakma, Convenor of Sajek Nari Samaj, said the
government had so far provided only Taka five thousand, one bundle of
CI sheets and 40kgs of rice as relief to each victim family, terming
it a minuscule of what is needed.
They said the government was not sincere about rehabilitating the
Jumma victims and added, “The government is neither taking initiative
to rehabilitate the victims with compensation itself nor permitting
other organisations including UNDP, who are keen to assist in the
rehabilitation work, to do the job.”
They also alleged that even after the attack, threats to and
harassment of the Jumma villagers in Sajek had continued.
“No vehicle from Dighinala is allowed to go to Majolong and vice
versa. Every passenger vehicle is stopped at Baghaihat and the
passengers are forced to change their vehicles to reach Dighinala or
Majolong.” they added.
The two leaders urged the government to immediately stop all this
harassment and rehabilitate the victim families in their respective
homesteads.
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chtnews.com is an independent and voluntary online news service
dedicated to projecting and analyzing the current events in the
Chittagong Hill Tracts from the perspective of the Jumma people's
struggle for the right to self-determination. For further information
please contact at: chtnewsonline@gmail.com
News No. 79/2010, April 01, 2010
THE Sajek Land Protction Committee and Sajek Nari Samaj (Women
Association) in a statement today accused the government of attempting
to starve the Sajek attack victims to death.
Mr Gyanendu Bikash Chakma, Convenor of Sajek Land Protection Committee
and Ms Ambika Chakma, Convenor of Sajek Nari Samaj, said the
government had so far provided only Taka five thousand, one bundle of
CI sheets and 40kgs of rice as relief to each victim family, terming
it a minuscule of what is needed.
They said the government was not sincere about rehabilitating the
Jumma victims and added, “The government is neither taking initiative
to rehabilitate the victims with compensation itself nor permitting
other organisations including UNDP, who are keen to assist in the
rehabilitation work, to do the job.”
They also alleged that even after the attack, threats to and
harassment of the Jumma villagers in Sajek had continued.
“No vehicle from Dighinala is allowed to go to Majolong and vice
versa. Every passenger vehicle is stopped at Baghaihat and the
passengers are forced to change their vehicles to reach Dighinala or
Majolong.” they added.
The two leaders urged the government to immediately stop all this
harassment and rehabilitate the victim families in their respective
homesteads.
..............................
chtnews.com is an independent and voluntary online news service
dedicated to projecting and analyzing the current events in the
Chittagong Hill Tracts from the perspective of the Jumma people's
struggle for the right to self-determination. For further information
please contact at: chtnewsonline@gmail.com
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