Shariatpur Correspondent
On the occasion of World Water Day, a rally and discussion meeting was held in Shariatpur.
A rally was taken out from the District Commissioner’s office premises at 9 am on Friday (March 22) under the slogan ‘Water for peace’. The rally ended by going to the District Commissioner’s office after going around various roads. Later, a discussion meeting was held in the conference room of the Deputy Commissioner.

Additional Deputy Commissioner (Revenue) Saifuddin Ghiyas was the chief guest at the discussion chaired by Executive Engineer of Bangladesh Water Development Board, Shariatpur SM Ahsan Habib. At this time Assistant Commissioner of the Deputy Commissioner’s office Asif Haider, Sohel Rana, Executive Engineer of Directorate of Public Health Engineering Shariatpur. Fazlul Haque along with officials of various departments and civil society representatives were present.

SM Ahsan Habib said in the discussion meeting, another name of water is life. It is not possible to survive even for a moment without water. Billions of people around the world still lack access to safe water. Many people in Bangladesh have to struggle for safe water to survive. Sometimes there is a war for water. The importance of water cannot be overstated. So we have to use water properly. Water should not be wasted and polluted. Rivers, canals and canals cannot be polluted.