A tragic incident
I am a student of class six of Maple Leaf International School. I was deeply shocked to see a news item in The Daily Star on 11 Sept. '05 that a student of an English medium school of Dhaka city had been washed away by the low tide while he was taking bath in the Cox's Bazar sea beach. There were five boys including two girls with him. I felt very sad when I saw the news that the boy was no more in the world. My question is how can we avoid this type of tragic incidents? Because every year we are learning that some of the visitors are washed away by the low tide while bathing.
Doesn't the government have any role to play in preventing such tragic incidents? At least the government could arrange protection at the sea beach by proffering lifeguards. Also, the local authorities should have arrangements for alerting the bathers.
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