Laksham - Lalmai Dual Gauge Railway Track is Ready

Between the Dhaka – Chattogram rail route, in the highly-anticipated Laksam-Lalmai section, a trial run on the newly built dual gauge rail line has been completed. The trial run has been done by Light locomotive-2712 and Max's gang car. This portion inside Cumilla district from Lalmai to Laksam is now fully ready and equipped for train movement.

At the same time, the reform of the old railway track and the transformation into Dual gauge will start very soon. This will be the entrance of the Eastern railway route of the country into a new era. Due to the introduction of this rail line, the speed of the train will increase on the Dhaka-Chittagong and Chittagong - Sylhet routes which will save travelling time.

Railway sources said that the construction of the Dual Gauge railway line in the east of the railway is estimated to cost BD Taka 6,504 crore. In the year 2014, a project to constructing a 72-kilometer double railway line from Akhaura Brahmanbaria to Laksham Cumilla was taken. After the project was amended, it was planned to build a double line from Akhaura to Laksham as well as to dual gauge.

At the same time, a project has been taken to convert the existing 320 Kilometer long meter gauge railway track from Dhaka to Chittagong into Dual Gauge. In the existing track one is completely new and the other one exists which is meter gauge will be converted into dual gauge.

The distance between Akhaura to Laksham is 72 kilometers. Total rail line has been constructed which is a double line track has total length of 144 kilometers. Besides, another 40 kilometer dual gauge rail track has been constructed as the loop and sidings line. In total, dual gauge rail line of 184 kilometers has been constructed.

Based on the information’s provided by the official’s of Railway Eastern part of the country; the trial run was given on Laksam to Lalmai Cumilla dual gauge line recently. This section is now suitable for train movement. Some finishing work has to be done which will be completed soon.

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Air Quality Index | Cumilla is Least Polluted

The atmospheric monitoring of the Environment Department of the Government declared that the air in Cumilla city is lowest among all other cities currently monitoring regularly based on the Air Quality Index report. Among total Sixteen air monitoring stations in the country, four are in Dhaka (Farmgate, Parliament House, Darussalam and Savar), two in Chittagong, One perpetual air monitoring station is located in Khulna, Rajshahi, Sylhet, Barisal, Mymensingh, Rangpur, Gazipur, Narayanganj, Comilla and Narsingdi.

The Air Quality Index (AQI) is a tool for reporting daily air quality of any city or country. It tells how clean or polluted the air is, and what associated health effects might be a concern for public. The AQI focuses on health effects that one might experience within a few hours or days after breathing polluted air.

The station indicates that among all the cities the air of Cumilla is most pure. The air pollutant parameter is estimated at PM 2.5. According to the Department of Environment, air quality in different cities of the country is as follows:

• Chittagong 35
• Gazipur 83
• Narayanganj 85
• Sylhet 39
• Barisal 39
• Mymensingh and Comilla 27 

Although it is incredible to hear, this information came out in the form of air quality standard monitoring station on Saturday (June 15^th, 2019) Environment Department,

Air pollution is caused due to presence of carbon dioxide, lead, nitrogen oxide and other protruding particles in the air. Air in Savar area is very much polluted among all other areas in capital city Dhaka. Air Quality Index (air quality) for Dhaka city 115, but in Savar it is 135. Rangpur, a city that has more air pollutants than Dhaka, the air pollutant parameter in the city is 128.

In Bangladesh the AQI is based on 5 criteria pollutants; Particulate Matter (PM10 and PM2.5), NO2, CO, SO2 and Ozone (O3). The Department of Environment (DoE) has also set national ambient air quality standards for these pollutants. These standards aim to protect against adverse human health impacts.

Considering the health concerns, the of air quality index is:

• Air quality is 0 to 50 means Good Quality.
• Between 51 and 100 means Medium Quality.
• Between 101 to 150 means Caution or Warning.
• Between 151 to 200 means Unhealthy.
• Between 201 to 300 means Very Unhealthy.
• From 301 to 500 means Extremely Unsafe.

Savar in the capital Dhaka and Rangpur, these places are in caution / warning labels for health concerns. In Narayanganj and Gazipur area Health concern due to air pollution is medium. The lowest air pollution is in Comilla and Mymensingh district. Apart from this, Chittagong, Sylhet and Barisal are among the cities with significant health concerns.

Expert doctors say that due to air pollution, the risk of developing respiratory, heart disease, cancer and diabetes is created. Apart from this, obstructing the development of the child's intelligence, including disfigurement of the fetus in the mother's womb in the obstetricians.

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Cassava Cultivation in Lalmai Cumilla

Cassava is a root vegetable which is similar to sweet potatoes. It is a tuber crop like potatoes and yams. The Latin name of cassava is Manihot Esculenta. It is the underground part of the cassava shrub. People can also eat the leaves of the cassava plant. Cassava is grown in most agro-ecological zones of Ghana and it is a major staple in West Africa. Cassava is the raw material for some industrial products.

The economy of Lalmai region under Cumilla district can change for Cassava. Comilla Sadar South Upazila Agriculture Officer Mohiuddin Majumder said, Cassava which is also known as ‘Wood Potato (Kath Alu)’ is good yield on Lalmai hills. He also said that he will talk to the senior authorities about how to help the local farmers in the agricultural sector to produce more Cassava in this hilly region.

The Cassava plant has been cultivated for many years in the hills of Lalmai region. The economy of Lalmai Hills area can be changed due to cultivation of cassava. Now to develop this production the public and non-governmental integrated enterprises need to work together.

According to the information from Agriculture Department, 6 to 7 tons of cassava can be produce from every acre of land. Cassava can be used to prepare glucose, barley, suji, bread, noodles, crackers, cakes, breads, biscuits, papor, chips and other varieties food items. In addition, starch made from cassava is also used in the textile and pharmaceutical industry. Organic fertilizers are made with leaves and the rest of the leaves of Cassava plant.

Cosmetic Starch is required 0.3 million tons per year in the garment industry, pharmaceutical industry and food processing industry in Bangladesh. But presently in the country the total production of Cassava is only 5 to 6 thousand tons a year. The rest are imported from different countries including India, Thailand and Vietnam and other countries.

This is the season of Cassava. So, farmers are busy on harvesting in different areas including Kotbari, Salmanpur, Jammura, Hajir Khamar and Lalmai area. Cassava is coming out of red soil in the hands of the farmer. After being cleaned, these Cassavas lift up on the truck. The roots of the plants are transformed into Cassava.

A farmer from Lalmai said that he used to cultivate other vegetables before. Due to varieties diseases, the crop was less. Now he is cultivating cassava because the disease is less. Less fertilizer and irrigation takes less capitalization.

One of the farmers of the village Jammura of Sadar upazila of Lalmai Hill said that he has been cultivating Cassava for last 13 years. He said that his family had cultivated this crop for a few decades till now. He has cultivated cassava in 50 acres of land. It costs BD taka 25 thousand per acre. If you get good yield, then Cassava on every acre can sell BD Taka 30 thousand.

In our country, the indigenous people of Garo Hills, Haluaghat, Madhupur in the greater Mymensingh, Netrokona, Sylhet, Lalmai Hills in Cumilla and Chittagong Hill Tracts cultivate small quantities of Cassava locally. Some Private Company of the country collects these cassavas as raw materials for different industrial use.

Lalmai hills are very ideal for harvesting Cassava. At present there are only few buyers of Cassava in the country. Some private companies collect this crop. They have to satisfy with the price they pay. Farmers will get good profits after expansion of marketing of agriculture department.

The economy of the mountain area in Lalmai zone can change due to Cassava cultivation. If the Agriculture department of the government takes some initiatives and helps the local farmers then it will save lots of money for the country.

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Iftar Mahfil and Reunion 2019 | Kashipur Hashemia High School Ex-Students Association

Kashipur Hashemia High School (KHHS) is one of the older secondary high schools in Homna upazila under Cumilla district. Famous donor Alhaj Md. Abul Hashem is the founder of the school. On Tuesday, 29^th of Ramadan, 4^th June 2019 before the EID day the Second Yearly Iftar Mahfil and Reunion – 2019 of the school held on the campus. The whole ceremony was arranged by the Ex-Student Association of Kashipur Hashemia High School.

Almost all the members of the ex-students association were present on the Get Together. Beside, all the teachers, members of the managing committee of the school and other honorable guests were also present. Together everyone enjoyed the ceremony and ate Iftar.

Event was started at 3.30 pm on the south side tin shed hall room inside the school campus. At first, Recitation from the Holy Quran. Then organizational report was presented by the general secretary of the association Md. Kawsar Miah and Financial report of the association was presented by the treasurer Md. Toufik Ahmed.

After 4.00 PM discussions and memorization between all the attendees took place. Then honorable guests, present and ex-teachers presented their valuable speech. The head teacher of the school Md. Joynal Abedin Bhuiyan, assistant head teacher Md. Abul Bashar Sarker, assistant teacher Md. Kamal Hossain, Ex-teacher Md. Ershad Hossain, Chairman of the Bhashania Union Parishad Md. Kamrul Islam, president of the KHHS ex-student association Md. Ramij Uddin and others spoke on the ceremony.

Finally before the Iftar, everybody prayed to Almighty Allah and ate Iftar which was also arranged by the organizer. A special souvenir named ‘Oikotan’ was published for the occasion which was really a good work by the association. Everyone was impressed and wished for long live of the Kashipur Hashemia High School Ex-student Association.

Based on the information published on the souvenir the Future Plan of the KHHS Ex-student Association are:

• Celebrate the Golden Jubilee (50 years) of Kashipur Hashemia High School which will be held probably on the year of 2020 or 2021.

• Presently the members are working to register the association under the Department of Social Service, Government of the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh.

• Launch own dynamic and rich web portal.

• Create and maintain a special database of all the ex-students of KHHS where details of all the students will be listed based on their profession, age, enrollment and passing year of SSC exam etc.

• The association will organize various subject based special seminars such as University Admission, Excellent Career Building etc.

• There will be a ‘Trust Fund’ to help poor and meritorious students of the school.

• Arrange re-union with the ex-students of the Kashipur Hashemia High School once in a year.

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