The Bangabandhu Jamuna Eco Park in Sirajganj, which could become a lucrative spot pulling in local and foreign tourists, has been in a sorry state for years. The park, about 125 kilometres north-west of Dhaka, has over 50 varieties of timber, fruit and medicinal trees and a zoo, but fails to draw many tourists due to a lack of necessary facilities and publicity, said visitors and officials concerned.
The 600-acre park on the western end of Jamuna bridge at Soydabad in the district was opened to public in 2008, but the authorities have not taken any initiatives to attract tourists. During a recent visit, this correspondent found the park in a state of neglect, with only a handful of visitors. The park has a small zoo with only four cages that accommodate only two sick porcupines and a few monkeys and hares.
Seven spotted deer were released into the park when it was opened, and their numbers redoubled in five years. But the animals have been suffering due to a severe shortage of drinking water, with no ponds dug in the forest, sources said. Ibrahim Khalil, in-charge of the parkâs wildlife and c, said there were two peacocks in the park, but they were shifted to Dhaka after they fell sick a few months ago. âVisitors, especially children, love to see animals and birds. Therefore, more of these creatures could be brought to the zoo,â Khalil said, adding the government could earn huge revenues from the park if it was taken care of.
Source: Mirza Shakil, The Daily Star, Tangail Published: Saturday,...
   Read moreBangabandhu Jamuna Eco Park in Sirajganj, which could become a lucrative spot pulling in local and foreign tourists, has been in a sorry state for years. The park, about 125 kilometres north-west of Dhaka, has over 50 varieties of timber, fruit and medicinal trees and a zoo, but fails to draw many tourists due to a lack of necessary facilities and publicity, said visitors and officials concerned.
The 600-acre park on the western end of Jamuna bridge at Soydabad in the district was opened to public in 2008, but the authorities have not taken any initiatives to attract tourists. During a recent visit, this correspondent found the park in a state of neglect, with only a handful of visitors. The park has a small zoo with only four cages that accommodate only two sick porcupines and a few monkeys and hares.
Seven spotted deer were released into the park when it was opened, and their numbers redoubled in five years. But the animals have been suffering due to a severe shortage of drinking water, with no ponds dug in the forest, sources said. Ibrahim Khalil, in-charge of the parkâs wildlife and c, said there were two peacocks in the park, but they were shifted to Dhaka after they fell sick a few months ago. âVisitors, especially children, love to see animals and birds. Therefore, more of these creatures could be brought to the zoo,â Khalil said, adding the government could earn huge revenues from the park if it was...
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The 600-acre park on the western end of Jamuna bridge at Soydabad in the district was opened to public in 2008, but the authorities have not taken any initiatives to attract tourists. During a recent visit, this correspondent found the park in a state of neglect, with only a handful of visitors. The park has a small zoo with only four cages that accommodate only two sick porcupines and a few monkeys and hares.
Seven spotted deer were released into the park when it was opened, and their numbers redoubled in five years. But the animals have been suffering due to a severe shortage of drinking water, with no ponds dug in the forest, sources said. Ibrahim Khalil, in-charge of the parkâs wildlife and c, said there were two peacocks in the park, but they were shifted to Dhaka after they fell sick a few months ago. âVisitors, especially children, love to see animals and birds. āϏāĻŋāϰāĻžāĻāĻāĻā§āĻā§āϰ āĻŦāĻā§āĻāĻŦāύā§āϧ⧠āϝāĻŽā§āύāĻž āĻāĻā§ āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĻ, āϝāĻž āĻĻā§āĻļāĻŋ-āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻĒāϰā§āϝāĻāĻāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻāϰā§āώāĻŖā§āϝāĻŧ āĻāĻāϰā§āώāĻŖā§āϝāĻŧ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻšāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§, āĻŦāĻāϰā§āϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻŦāĻāϰ āϧāϰ⧠āĻĻā§āĻāĻāĻāύāĻ āĻ āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤ āĻĸāĻžāĻāĻžāϰ āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ-āĻĒāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāĻŽā§ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ 125 āĻāĻŋāϞā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻžāϰ āĻĻā§āϰ⧠āĻāĻ āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĻā§ 50 āĻāĻŋāϰāĻ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻ , āĻĢāϞāĻŽā§āϞ āĻ āĻāώāϧāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻāĻžāύāĻž āϰāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§, āϤāĻŦā§ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§āĻāύā§āϝāĻŧ āϏā§āϝā§āĻ-āϏā§āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻž āĻ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāϰā§āϰ āĻ āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦāĻšā§ āĻĒāϰā§āϝāĻāĻāĻā§ āĻāĻāϰā§āώāĻŖ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāϰā§āĻĨ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§ āĻŦāϞ⧠āϏāĻāĻļā§āϞāĻŋāώā§āĻāϰāĻž āĻāĻžāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ āϏāĻāĻļā§āϞāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻāϰā§āĻŽāĻāϰā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāĻžāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āύāĨ¤ āĻā§āϞāĻžāϰ āϏā§āϝāĻŧā§āĻĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§ āϝāĻŽā§āύāĻž āĻŦā§āϰāĻŋāĻā§āϰ āĻĒāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāĻŽ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāύā§āϤ⧠600 āĻāĻāϰ āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĻāĻāĻŋ ⧍ā§Ļā§Ļā§Ž āϏāĻžāϞ⧠āĻāύāϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻāύā§āĻŽā§āĻā§āϤ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞ, āϤāĻŦā§ āĻāϰā§āϤā§āĻĒāĻā§āώ āĻĒāϰā§āϝāĻāĻāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāĻā§āώā§āĻ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻā§āύ āĻāĻĻā§āϝā§āĻ āύā§āϝāĻŧāύāĻŋāĨ¤ āϏāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻĻāϰā§āĻļāύāĻāĻžāϞā§, āĻāĻ āϏāĻāĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻĻāĻžāϤāĻž āĻāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāύāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ āĻŦāĻšā§āϞāĻž āĻ āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĻā§āĻāϤ⧠āĻĒā§āϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ, āĻā§āĻŦāϞāĻŽāĻžāϤā§āϰ āĻāϝāĻŧā§āĻ āĻŽā§āĻ ā§ āĻĻāϰā§āĻļāĻāĨ¤ āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĻāĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻāĻžāύāĻž āϰāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§ āϝā§āĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻŽāĻžāϤā§āϰ āĻāĻžāϰāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻž āϰāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§ āϝā§āĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻā§āĻŦāϞ āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻ āϏā§āϏā§āĻĨ āĻāϰā§āĻā§āĻĒāĻžāĻāύ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāύāϰ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻļāĻā§āϰ āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻāĻž āϰāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāύāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āϞāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āϏāĻžāϤāĻāĻŋ āĻĻāĻžāĻāϝā§āĻā§āϤ āĻšāϰāĻŋāĻŖ āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĻā§ āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻ āĻŦāĻāϰ⧠āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻŖ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤ āϏā§āϤā§āϰ āĻāĻžāύāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āĻŦāύ⧠āĻāϞāĻžāĻļāϝāĻŧ āĻāύāύ āύāĻž āĻāϰā§āĻ āĻĒāĻžāύā§āϝāĻŧ āĻāϞā§āϰ āϤā§āĻŦā§āϰ āϏāĻāĻāĻā§āϰ āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖā§ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖā§āϰāĻž āĻā§āĻāĻžāύā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻļāĻŋāĻāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻā§āĻā§, āϏā§āϤā§āϰ āĻāĻžāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤ āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĻā§āϰ āĻŦāύā§āϝāĻā§āĻŦāύā§āϰ āĻāύāĻāĻžāϰā§āĻ āĻ āϏāĻŋ, āĻāĻŦā§āϰāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻŽ āĻāϞāĻŋāϞ āĻāĻžāύāĻžāύ, āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻŽāϝāĻŧā§āϰ āĻāĻŋāϞ, āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻāϝāĻŧā§āĻ āĻŽāĻžāϏ āĻāĻā§ āĻ āϏā§āϏā§āĻĨ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻĸāĻžāĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύāĻžāύā§āϤāϰ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ The Bangabandhu Jamuna Eco Park in Sirajganj, which could become a lucrative spot pulling in local and foreign tourists, has been in a sorry state for years. The park, about 125 kilometres north-west of Dhaka, has over 50 varieties of timber, fruit and medicinal trees and a zoo, but fails to draw many tourists...
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