Heat wave is going on in Rajshahi region since the beginning of this April. This heatwave is sometimes moderate and sometimes intense. Children and teenagers are taking bath to save themselves from this heat. Carelessness also leads to life. 16 people drowned in Rajshahi region this month. Most of which are children and teenagers. Last Tuesday, three teenagers died after drowning. And this month 9 people drowned in Padma river.
Three teenagers died on Tuesday, April 23, after taking a bath at Shyampur ghat of Padma river. Later fire service came and recovered their bodies. They are Yuvraj (12) son of Rentu of Katakhali Bakhrabaz area, Arif (13) son of Liton and Jamal (12) son of Noor Islam.
On April 14, Jannat Khatun (8) drowned in the water after coming to her wedding home in Bagha, Rajshahi. However, another child named Jhilik Khatun (12) is still missing. The fire service could not rescue him.
On Friday, April 19, Siam Hossain Sajib (10), the 10-year-old son of Sujan Ali of Khaerhat village of the upazila, drowned in Khayahat in the Murshidpur area of the Padma river.
On Sunday, April 21, Bappi Hossain (16) and Monir Hossain (20) went down to bathe in the Padma river. They also drowned later.
A child named Al Amin (12) died while taking a bath and a youth named Rana Mia (25) while learning to swim in the pond. Separate accidents took place in Ramnathpur and Khairbari villages of Ishwardi upazila of Pabna on Tuesday, April 2 in the afternoon and afternoon. Son of Khairul Islam Bashar of Ramnathpur village of Muladuli union of Al Amin upazila. And Rana Mia, son of Kashem Ali of East Tengri Eidgah Para area of Ishwardi town and son-in-law of Forkan Sheikh of Khairbari village.
Three children drowned in the river in a separate incident in Chapainawabganj. On Saturday April 6, one child died in Tarttipur of Shibganj upazila and two children died in Gohalbari of Bholahat. The deceased are – Priyanka (11) daughter of Roop Kumar of Ranihati Union of Shibganj Upazila and Md. Azizul Haque (11) is the son of Subodh Mistry of Radhanagar Colony of Gohalbari Union of Bholahat Upazila and Md. Jihad (11) son of Abdul Qadir.
Abu Sama, Senior Station Officer of Rajshahi Fire Service Station, said that drowning deaths have increased in Rajshahi for the past few days. We imagine that teenagers are dying while bathing in the river to escape the heat.
He said many of those who were dying did not know how to swim. Many knew how to swim. But seeing one is drowning while catching the other, we initially think that both of them are drowning. The fire service official called upon the parents to ensure that children and teenagers who do not know how to swim do not bathe in the river. He said, if this is done, death will be reduced a lot. Many people die every year in the country due to not knowing how to swim. Along with education, children should also be taught to swim. A child’s education will cost nothing if it drowns. To save life, swimming must be taught. People are less interested. Parents should be aware.
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