Suhrawardy Udyan is one most significant grounds, which played pivotal roles in the creation of Bangladesh. From Bangabandhu’s 7th March speech to Pakistan Army’s surrender moment, this ground has witnessed some monumental occasions of our Liberation War history.
However, in recent times, trees have been feeling down at the historic Suhrawardy Udyan to build some infrastructures that are said to serve the public interest.
The proposal to build restaurants
inside the ground is a horrendous one
As reported by this daily on Friday, Attorney General during the hearing on a contempt of court petition filed against the government on charge of felling trees at Suhrawardy Udyan, ignoring the environmental law and a 2009 verdict of the High Court told the court that the Liberation War Affairs Ministry will take necessary steps to protect the environment at the Suhrawardy Udyan in the.
The felling down of trees to develop infrastructures has spurred protests from various environmental groups and given the significance of the ground and lack of open spaces in the capital, protests are very much justified.
Therefore, in no way, the high court’s order can be ignored for the sake of development projects. The proposal to build restaurants inside the ground is a horrendous one as there is already a restaurant there and most of the time it remains empty. Hence, there it is not rational to build more restaurants inside the Suhrawardy Udyan.
