Fish and pork market near temple-namghar hurt religious sentiments, says NHRC-CB

JAMUGURIHAT: The National Human Rights and Crime Control Bureau, Assam had handed over a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner of Tinsukia district regarding the problems faced by the people from the daily fish market near Shri Bhutnath Temple Gelapukari road on Saturday. The National Human Rights and Crime Control Bureau State President Nishant Thard in a press release sent to this newspaper by Mrinmay Kr. Nath, state media officer of NHRCCB said that the Shri Bhutnath Temple is a very old and historical temple in Tinsukia, so it is the responsibility of the people of the entire district to maintain the uniqueness of these religious places.

In view of such circumstances, an unusual environment has hurt religious sentiments of the common people. Visitors to the temple do not get the space they need to park their cars, which often leads to traffic problem there. This leads to the possibility of unexpected accidents at any time. People who always pass through the road to perform their daily activities are often in trouble. Despite repeated requests by the priests of the temple, the market continues to operate in the same manner. Everyday, there is a dispute between fish traders to collect water from the temple. A foul environment prevailed in the area and it is difficult for people to reside in the area due to the stench. There is also an arrangement of tables for selling pork on the main road in front of the temple as well as in nearby areas of Namghar which hurts the religious sentiments. In such a situation, the National Human Rights and Crime Control Bureau has requested the district administration to relocate the shops on the roads as soon as possible. The municipal board was also informed the matter by NHRCCB earlier for action from their end. But no action has been taken till today. An RTI was placed where it has come to light that no licence was issued to anybody for businesses in that area, the municipal office said. In addition to it was also stated that the area has been declared as a “no vendor zone” by the authority. It is regrettable that the municipality has failed to stop such businesses in the area.

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