Anti adulteration protesters demonstrated in the city Saturday demanding stepped up drives by mobile courts and institution of a market monitoring committee to prevent selling of adulterated food during Ramadan.
They formed a human chain in front of the Fine Arts College to sensitise the authorities to ensure that only hygienic Iftar and essentials were sold at fair and reasonable prices, particularly during the Ramadan.
They demanded establishment of a commission with the responsibility to ensure that only quality foods were sold.
The commission should be empowered to provide exemplary punishment to sellers of poisonous and chemically trea-ted food and fruits, they said.
Rights activists called for stern action so that no dishonest trader could increase essential prices as they do each year during the Ramadan.
They said that the government's anti adulteration drive could not stop traders from selling chemically treated harmful and poisonous foods and fruits contributing to rising incidence of cancer, asthma as well as liver and kidney malfunctioning and other deadly diseases.
Save the Environment Movement, Nagarik Adhikar Sangrakhkhan Forum and Green Mind Society jointly organised the demonstration.
NASAF president HAfizur Rahman Moina, Green Mind Society president Amir Hossain, SME chairman Abu Naser Khan, programme officer Atik Morshed, academician Kamal Ataur Rahman, Bangladesh Nagarik Samaj secretary M habibur Rahman Bhuiyan spoke, among others.
Soruce : New Age
