Ilias Ali - Initiator of Movement Against Tepaimukh Dam

Initiator of Movement Against Tepaimukh Dam

M. Ilias Ali, organizing secretary of BNP announced a series of programmes, including a day long hartal in the district and also demanded immediate cancellation of the project saying that it would cause serious havoc in the north-eastern region of Bangladesh. The programme include, mass rally in Court point area and procession in the city on November 24, procession and rally at upazilla level on November 26, procession by Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal at the city on November 27, rally and procession by Jatiyatabadi Shechhasebak Dal in the city on November 28, rally and procession by the district and city BNP and other front organizations on November 30 and hartal in the district and upazilas on December 1. He Said,the strike has been called to protect the basic rights of the people for north-east zone. And declared that, " Tepai dam will be opposed even we have to sacrifice our life, if this dam is build, millions of human life and 1/3 of Bangladeshi land will be destroyed ". He urged all political party including Awami League and social and cultural organizations to protest the Indian move to build Tepaimukh Dam. And also announced that as long as the construction of Tepaimukh dam is not stopped, movement will go on. Ilias Ali told an interview in daily news paper "Tepaimukh dam is our life and death problem, So we shall continue our movement until construction of dam would not be stopped" .