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Gangni upazila in Meherpur

Villagers suffer for deplorable road

MR Alam

MEHERPUR, Nov 23: Around 10-kilometre road connecting Hemayetpur, Shimultala, Sohrabaria and other villages with Gangni Upazila town has become unfit for use due to lack of repairing for the last 15 years. Though numerous potholes have developed there, hundreds of vehicles ply on the road every day. Villagers asked the public representatives and concerned department ...

Arsenic menace haunts thousands in Meherpur

MR Alam

MEHERPUR, Aug 4: Thousands of people in three upazilas of the district have been passing their days amid arsenic menace which has been detected in the underground water of the district. More than hundred people died of arsenic-related diseases, and of them at least 50 died at Alampur village under Sadar upazila and Bholadanga village ...

Low-lying areas in Meherpur inundated

MR Alam

MEHERPUR, July 26: The low-lying areas in Gangni upazila of the district have been submerged due to heavy rainfall for the last two days. More than thousand people have become marooned and taken shelter beside roads. People of eight villages under Sholotaka, Motmura and Shaharbati unions are badly affected. Meanwhile, their seedbeds and transplanted Aman ...

Massive irregularities found in re-excavating Mundail Canal

MR Alam

MEHERPUR, Jul 4: Massive irregularities surfaced in re-excavation of Mundail Canal in Gangni upazila of the district.Locals alleged that there are irregularities in preparing the list of depreciated families and their compensation. The victims demanded bringing to book the persons who are involved in the corruption. It has been learnt that the Water Management Cooperative ...

51 dismissed employees of Meherpur municipality deprived of Eid joy

Ex-mayor appoints excess manpower, claims present mayor

MR Alam

51 dismissed employees of Meherpur municipality deprived of Eid joy

MEHERPUR, July 3: Some 51 recently dismissed employees of Meherpur municipality have been deprived of Eid enjoyment. They and their family members are leading subhuman lives as the current municipality authority dismissed them from the service with no prior announcement. They were posted by the former Mayor Alhaz Motasim Billah as master roll employees. They ...

Road repairing at Gangni suspended for using substandard materials

MR Alam

MEHERPUR, May 7: The repairing work of Bhomordah-Jorpukuria rural road under Gangni upazila of the district was suspended by the locals for using substandard materials. The sub-assistant engineer and the designated contractor were allegedly showing political and muscle power to continue the work. Later, the agitated people stopped the repairing works on Sunday last. According ...

Maternal Health Voucher Scheme In Meherpur

3362 ultra-poor expecting mothers not getting financial assistance

MR Alam

MEHERPUR, Feb 24: A total of 2,305 ultra-poor expecting mothers at Gangni upazila in the district have not got either money or other facilities of demand-side financing (DSF) under Maternal Health Voucher Scheme for the fiscal years 2014-15 and 2015-16, in absence of fund allotment. Some 1,057 expecting mothers were also not provided with money ...

Resurfacing of wheat blast worries Meherpur farmers

MR Alam

MEHERPUR, Jan 23: Wheat blast has come back quite early this season after a year of its first outbreak, causing concern of production losses for farmers in the district.Though the government discouraged farmers in the district from cultivating wheat this year, some still went for wheat cultivation. Already blast resurfacing on plant leaves in some ...

School building in Meherpur collapses for low-quality materials

MR Alam

MEHERPUR, Jan 13: Centring the collapse of Nobinpur Government Primary School building, two probe bodies were formed and they completed investigation on Wednesday afternoon. The landing port and third staircase of the newly built school building under Gangni upazila of the district collapsed after ten days of construction.The probe bodies have collected construction materials from ...