Story of Daughter in Law & Mother in Law

We the following persons on behalf of Annada Prasad Rehabilitation Project Committee (APRPC) left Dhaka on 8^th March, 2003 early in the morning 7 am for Bhola in a microbus.

1.      Prof. Ajoy Roy, Convenor

2.      Mr. Pankaj Bhattacharya, Member & Vice president of Sammilita Samajik

Andolan

3.      Ms. Manira Akhter Ratna, Advocate, Ain o Salis Kendra

4.      Mr. Ratan Bangali, Member, a human right activist

In another microbus the following persons from Proshika accompanied us.

5.      Mr. Mostaq ul Alam, Assoc. Programme Coordinator

6.      Mr. Sanjan Kumar Barua,  Assoc. Programme Coordinator, 

      and a few members of the of Proshika video team.    

We arrived Bhola town in the evening, at about 7 pm the same day. On the following morning we were joined by two Proshika officials from Dhaka, a journalist from Daily Prathom Alo and a humanist activist of APRPC all came by river whole night. They were

7.      Mr. J. K. Baral, Director

8.      Mr. Sirajul Islam, Deputy Director

9.      Mr. Golum Kibriya, Staff Reporter, Prathom Alo & the local Correspondent of the daily.

10.  Mr. Ratan Bangali, Member (APRPC) and a humanist activist. 

We also joined by the members of the local members of the Annada Prasad Rehabilitation Project Committee, Bhola. Notable among the were

1.      Mr. A K M Shajahan, Senior Advocate, Bhola district bar

2.      Mr. Mobaswerulla Choudhury, Journalist, Sangbad’s Bhola correspondent

3.      Mr. Shariful Islam Bappi, Human right activist, Udichi (Bhola0

4.      Mr. Mashiur Rahman Pinku, Human right activist, President Local Chhatra Union

5.      Mr. Kamrul Ahsan, Lecturer in Bengali, Obaidul Haq College, Bhola    

The following local Journalists also joined us

1.      Afzal Hosain, Staff reporter Daily Ajker Barta (Bhola)  & local Janakantha reporter

2.      Mr. Sujan Choudhury, Bhola Staff reporter, Ajker Barta (Bhola)

3.      A representative of Daily Star, Sent by Barisal Daily Star correspondent Mr. Shaheen at the instruction of News Editor, Dhaka.

Function of Agriculture Rehabilitation Project

Date 9^th March, 2003, Sunday, 10 –30 am

Place : Proshika office, Bhola

Local Proshika, Bhola at the auditorium of the Proshika office, organized a function of handing over of check for agriculture-rehabilitation project. 31 beneficiary families of Annada Prasad village and adjacent localities attended the function. The following persons, among others-, addressed the function, presided over by the Proshika Director from Dhaka Mr. J K Baral

Mrs. Sadhana Bala Das & Bibhuti Bhusan Majumdar (on behalf of beneficiary families)

Mr. Mobaswerulla Choudhury (on behalf of the elite of the town)

Mr. Sirajul Islam, Deputy Director, Proshika (Dhaka office)

Advocate Ms. Munira Akhter Ratna,

Mr. Pankaj Bhattacharya

Professor Ajoy Roy

Professor Ajoy Roy gave brief resume of the project and how it came into being and it was gradually implemented with the active cooperation of Bhola district administration, Upzila administration and above all inhabitants of the village Annada Prasad.  The function was rounded up with the distribution of cheques to the affected families. Cheques were handed over by Professor Ajoy Roy. The function ended with free discussion and exchange of views with the villagers followed by a delicious lunch of deshi foods.        

Function of handing over keys of newly constructed houses to the affected families

Date 10^th March, 2003, Monday, 10 –30 am

Place : GM Bazar Junior High School Premise, Village: Annada Prasad, Union Lord

            Hardinge, Ps Lamohan, District Bhola.

The local inhabitants of the Annada Prasad and adjacent Fatemabad village organized the function. More than a thousand of villagers, men and women, students and common folk attended the function. Local elite of the villages including school teachers, elected union chairman, members, Thana oc and Upazila Executive officer. The district commissioner of Bhola was the chief guest. I have not witnessed such a simple function but sincere & lively. The DC formally handed over keys formally to thirty families who received newly constructed houses in the function presided over by Mr. Lalit Mohan Das, Head Master of GM Junior High School followed by an address of the DC. The function was also addressed by, among others, Professor Ajoy Roy, Mr. Pankaj Bhattacharya, Journalist Mobaswerulla Choudhury, Union Parisad Chairman and Upazila Executive officer.

The function was then followed by visitation of few houses by the honourable team members. DC talked to many members of the beneficiary families and assured his continued support to them and the villagers in general. He instructed the Thana officials to keep vigilant eyes over the locality. He urged upon the Muslim leaders of the locality to keep communal harmony in the locality.

The guests then depart for Proshika office, Borhanuddin, where a delicious lunch with deshi foods was served. The team then left for Bhola. The memory of the function will remain green for many a days, I suppose.

National Dailies like Prothom Alo (10^th and 11^th March), Janakantha (10^th March) and Sangbad (13^th & 17^th March), Daily Star (11^th March ?), and local daily Bhola Varta (10^th & 11^th March) gave a good coverage of the functions.

 Summary of Expenditure in the last phase of work

Serial no.	Nature of help	Quantity required/ no. of families	Price/help Rate (Tk)		Total amount (Tk)
1	Supply of Water filter system with reservoir (developed by Canadian International Purification Ltd ) for 30 families	30	3,000/-		90,000/-
2	Supply of high class two-faced Chula (oven) (developed by BCSIR)	30	500/-		15,000/-
3	Lease of Land of one kani (160 dec.)to some victim families	22	8,000/-		1,76,000/-
4	Miscellaneous income generating help to some victim families	9	-		53,500/-
	Total Expenditure			3,34,500/- (Three lakh thirty four thousand five hundred only

The expenditure incurred in travel and other incidental matters have not been included in the above statement.

Appendix 1 A

AP_ Rehabilitation Project :

Income generating Agricultural ( financial ) Assistance

List of twenty two families receiving lease of land for one year.

The area of land to be taken as lease: One Kani (160 decimals)

Amount of needed for one Kani land (One acre sixty decimals) : t 7000.00

Additional assistance for cultivation of land t. 500 – 1000.00 

Name of the family	Amount advanced (in BT taka) *	Remark, if any
1. Bisnu Priya Das, w/o Ramani Mohan Das     Vill: Fatemabad (near Prafulla Howladarer     bari)    Family size : 5	7,500	This is a victim family.
2. Shefali Das, w/o Subhash Chandra Das Vill: Annada Prasad (Lalitmohan Daser bari)	7,500	This is a victim family.
3. Gauranga Chandra Das (alias Gafur), s/o     Raju Das     Vill : Annada Prasad (near GM Bazar-     Subal dokandarer bari)     Family size : 4	7,500	This is a victim family. Both his wife and daughter of 9 years were the victim of sexual assault.
4. Shubhadra Rani Das (widow), w/o late     Kshitish Chandra Das     Vill : Annada Prasad (near GM Bazar-    Subal dokandarer bari)     Family size : 2	7,500
5. Nitai Chandra Das, s/o late Kshitish     Chandra Das     Vill : Annada Prasad (near GM Bazar-     Subal dokandarer bari)     Family size : 3	7,500
6. Sudhanya Chandra Das, s/o late Nakul     Chandra Das     Vill : Annada Prasad (near GM Bazar-     Dipak Chandra Daser bari)     Family size : 5	7,500	This is a victim family. His daughter Babita Rani Das was the victim. AP project is also supporting Babita’s education under ‘Continuation Education’ scheme
7. Parimal Chandra Das (30), s/o late    Amulya Chandra Das     Vill : Madhya Annada Prasad (near GM     Bazar- Gunamani Daser bari)     Family size : 4	7,500	This is a victim family
8. Narayan Chandra Das (45), s/o late     Shashi Kumar Das     Vill : Annada Prasad (S.E. of GM     Bazar- Harihar Daser bari)     Family size : 4	7,500
9. Himanshu Chandra Das, s/o late Pratap     Chandra Das     Vill : Madhya Annada Prasad (N.E corner     of GM Bazar)     Family size : 4	7,500
10. Radhamohan Das (30), s/o       Mohanbashi Das      Vill : Madhya Annada Prasad (N.E of      GM Bazar & S. E. of Vendor Bari-      Baikuntha Daser bari)      Family size : 4	7,500
11. Ranga Devi Das (30), w/o Manik Das      Vill : Dakshin Annada Prasad (Ganesh      Duhupir bari )      Family size : 4	7,500
12. Ranjit Das, s/o late Dwarika Mohan Das      Vill : Fatemabad (Budhimanta Daser bari)      Family size : 4	7,500
13. Archana Rani Das (student of class V)      d/o Nityalal Das      Vill : Annada Prasad      Family size : 4	7,500	This is a victim family. AP project is also supporting her  education under ‘Continuation Education’ scheme
14. Charubala Das, w/o Umesh Chandra Das      Vill : Annada Prasad      Family size : 4	7,500	This is a victim family.
15. Priyanka Bala Das, d/o Becharam Das      Vill : Annada Prasad      Family size : 4	7,500	This is a victim family.
16. Suradhini Das, w/o Brajabashi Das      Vill : Annada Prasad      Family size : 4	7,500	This is a victim family.
17. Emili Das (11), a student of class VI, d/o      Yubaraj Das      Vill : Annada Prasad      Family size : 4