Returned Dhupkhola Field to JnU

Bashir Shahriar,JnU Correspondent : The Dhaka district administration has returned the possession of the Dhupkhola playground in Old Dhaka to Jagannath University. 

On Sunday at 4 pm, The Dhaka deputy commissioner handed over the possession of the ground 

Dhaka Deputy Commissioner Anisur Rahman, along with other officials of the district administration, and Jagannath University Treasurer Professor Md. Humayun Kabir Chowdhury, along with the teacher and students of the university, walked from the university to Dhupkhola.

The Dhaka district administration handed over four and a half acres of land out of 5.32 acres of Dhupkhola field to Jagannath University. In the presence of the deputy commissioner, the students put up a name plaque banner with the words'Jagannath University Central Playground'.Earlier, the Deputy Commissioner and Treasurer of the university inaugurated the ground through football passing.

Dhaka Deputy Commissioner Anisur Rahman said today a historic moment has begun by handing over the Jagannath University ground to them. I want a permanent signboard of Jagannath University here. Many of your halls have been vacated and occupied by miscreants. You elect the leader of the anti-discrimination student movement. The Jagannath University administration, along with the students, and the Dhaka district administration, as a representative of the government of Bangladesh,h, will rescue all your halls. 

The deputy commissioner also said that there are more than 1700 houses in Dhaka city, which are occupied by miscreants. They often don't renew their lease. I can arrange accommodation for Jagannath University students in those houses. We have not seen the victory you have shown against discrimination in the history of 50 years of independence.

Treasurer Prof.  Humayun Kabir Chowdhury said that the students of Jagannath University have been playing in this Dhupkhola field for a long time. But the ground was taken away from us. I still don't understand why the field was taken away from us. I hope the district administration will help us. 

At that time, the treasurer announced to organize a tournament at Dhupkhola ground very soon.

Earlier in September 2021, Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh, the mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation, took over the only playground for the students of Jagannath University. Since then, the university administration had no authority in the field. After the fall of the Hasina government, the Dhaka district administration handed the ground back to the university on the demand of the JnU students.

Meanwhile, the students of Jagannath University expressed their happiness over getting into the field of sports after a long time. Sajjadul Riyad, a student of the Bangla department of the university, said: "This ground is ours. We played on campus in the morning. This is another victory for the Jebusites.