Onslaught of nocturnal beings!
In order to restore the original Gulshan South Park, the only park for the dwellers of Gulshan-1 (south), the DCC and RAJUK with the active cooperation of Gulshan Society members have successfully vacated the former Children's Park, popularly known as Shishu Park. The exit of the unauthorised slum occupants was unprecedented, as, for the first time in Dhaka, bulldozers, police force, brawl and hostility were NOT noticed. Everything seemed tranquil till late night. The neighbours were unexpectedly raided by hundreds of 'king size' rodents, muskrats, healthy mole rats, stout weasels, and some plump mongooses. Because they found themselves solitary and helpless; there was none to provide them with minimum subsistence for survival!
Bravo to those who lived with these concealed creatures so peacefully for almost two decades! Or, is it that the former occupants had trained them to avenge their departure? Whatever the context may be, these rodents go underground at daytime to avoid eviction or extinction by DCC workers and at night become 'active' to replenish themselves for survival. Do they deserve replacement like previous occupiers? Are they conspiring (!) to launch an underground (London like) assault on us?
Animal lovers, please think over it.
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