Rajshahi and Rangpur medical students formed human chains on their respective campuses on Sunday, demanding road safety and ‘guarantee of natural death’.
They formed the human chains protesting against the road accident in Bogra in which their fellow Mehnaj Sultana Happy, student of Rangpur Medical College, was seriously injured.
Rajshahi Medical College sources said several hundred students boycotting classes gathered in front the college’s main entrance and formed a human chain at around 10:00am.
Students, teachers, lawyers, journalists and people from other professions joined the programme expressing their solidarity with the demands of the students.
The speakers called for coordinated steps to check road accidents, pressed for more funds for the road sector and asked for halting issuance of driving licenses without examining the drivers.
They focused on forming national unity to raise awareness on road safety among the masses and urged the media and civil society to play their respective roles in shaping a concrete movement on ‘Road Safety’ in Bangladesh by creating awareness.
The speakers also expressed their emotion over the deaths of journalist Dinesh, film director Tarek Masud, TV journalist Mishuk Munir and others in road accidents.
Among RMC students, Sondip Maitra, Debashish Pramanik, Surbra Das, Monira Ruba, Ferdousi Jannat, addressed the gathering.
The Rangpur Medical College students also formed a similar human chain on their campus, sources confirmed.
-With New Age input
