Deforestation: An unwise act leading to disasters
Deforestation means
cutting down trees in large number. The causes of deforestation are many.
Bangladesh is one of the most densely-populated countries in the world. Her
population is much more in proportion to its area. This huge number of
population needs more food, shelter, agricultural land, fuel, furniture,
medicine etc. People cut trees for various purposes. Most of the villagers cut
down trees to use them as fuel. Some of them use trees as wood, wooden
furniture and some sell trees for getting quick profit. There are some
dishonest people who cut trees in the forests to make money. The effects of
deforestation are too many to describe. This destruction disturbs our
ecological balance. The existence of wildlife is going to be threatened. Due to
deforestation carbon dioxide is increasing worldwide. As a result, the world is
becoming warmer. The sea level is rising and many parts of the world are going
to be engulfed by the sea in near future. On the other hand, new areas of the
world are turning into deserts as a result of deforestation. The removal of
trees causes birds and other animals living on them to leave the place. It also
causes serious damage to the soil, as trees give protection to soil as well.
Aftermaths, the soil gets sediment in the riverbed and causes frequent floods.
So, if we destroy trees at random, one day the country may turn into a great
desert. All living animals and birds will not find any food or shelter to live
in. That‘s why they will be destroyed. There will be no rain and as a result
our agriculture will face a great crisis. The temperature will rise and it will
cause green house effect. The country will be unsuitable for living and various
natural calamities like flood, drought, storm, earthquake etc. will visit our
country. Immediate measures should be taken to prevent deforestation. People
should be made aware of tree plantation through mass media. And tree plantation
programme should be extended throughout the country so that we can make our
country evergreen, fruitful and prosperous.
A Hartal Day: A suspension of regular activities
In modern
civilisation most of the states of the world face hartal in season and out of
season. So we are quite familiar with it. Hartal is the rightful demand of the
political parties. It is observed at the call of a political party or parties
to press their demand to the ruling party. Sometimes the opposition political
party or parties call hartal against the corruption, misgovernment, misuse of
power and the evil deeds of the ruling party. At times students and people of a
locality call hartal to expose their demand. On a hartal day the usual course
of life is hampered. The communication system of the country is broken down as
all vehicles and the other transports cannot move. Rickshaws are seen few and
far between. Picketers burn cars and others on the road to stop the movement of
the vehicles. People are to face a lot
of troubles on a hartal day. They go on foot. The road looks desolate. The
economical activities of the country come to a stand still. Most of the mills
and factories, markets and shops remain closed. The foreign investors lose
their interest to the country. Often clashes occur between the police and
picketers or between the hartal activists and the anti-hartal activists.
Sometimes these clashes bring loss of lives. The police are engaged in
important spots to control the situation and to avert unwanted events. Yet
harassment of man and women often becomes a common scene. On a hartal day
students suffer a lot. We hope the peaceful solution of any problem arisen
between the government and the opposition. Above all, we should consider the
suffering of the people while calling hartal. We also ought to consider that
the would-be hartal is so necessary? So we should abstain ourselves from
calling hartal as far as possible.
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