Panthakunja Park remains unprotected

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Panthakunja Park, which lies in the heart of Karwanbazar-Banglamotor intersection in the capital, has almost lost its real face.
Lacking a boundary wall, and proper care of the concerned authorities, the whole park lies bare to a plethora of risks.
This correspondent found stacks of unused broken tiles of a ceramics shop lying on the park ground.
Numerous rejected materials such as bottles, plastic and other pieces of rubbish collected from city corporation dustbins are loaded in a storeroom inside the park.
The floating people leave excreta at will, although there is a public toilet inside the park. Trees are also being cut down also due to the entire park area having no boundary wall.
In addition, some inhabitants have settled after grabbing land on the western side of the park. As a result, there is no place for people to walk on the footpath of Paribagh road.
Besides, garbage of the southern part spreads such a bad odour that passersby cannot walk without covering their noses.
Tanvir Hasan, an employee of a nearby private firm, said, “The Park was not in this shape three or four years ago. Such a state has come about for absence of proper monitoring by the concerned authority.”
Meanwhile, the park wears a different look at nightfall, when various unsocial activities become rampant. Most part of the park goes under control of the junkies. Some prostitutes also gather at the spot in the dead of night.
MA Hamid Khan, Councillor of Ward 21 of DSCC, when contacted, told Bangladesh Post, the city corporation had taken initiatives to modernise 31 parks last year. Half of the work has been completed.
“I have already brought the park to the notice of those concerned. Hopefully, the construction work will begin soon,” he added.
When contacted, Khan Mohammad Bilal, DSCC chief executive officer, said, “Several drives have been conducted to evict illegal settlements and drug addicts. The condition is better now.”
About boundary wall, he said, “We’ve already taken steps to set up a boundary wall for the whole area. We will start construction work after getting allocated funds for the purpose.”

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