Destroying trees

If this is another brilliant idea (like the outlandish magnetic train!) by our city planners to ease the traffic congestion, then I am truly speechless. I can only surmise that they (The Dhaka City Mayor's Office) are totally oblivious of concepts like "ecological balance" or "protecting the environment". While the rest of the world is going out of its way to protect every inch of grassland, we have decided to build a road where beautiful tall trees stood defiantly for decades -- in sharp contrast to the concrete monstrosity that Dhakaites have become all too familiar with. I am also surprised that The Daily Star has failed to create any awareness about this repugnant act right in the city.

I witnessed from my office window as the defenceless trees were mercilessly mutilated like cattle in a slaughterhouse. The episode is a travesty of the various environmental laws enacted by this government. As a conscientious friend lamented, " The trees will take revenge." They will.