To introduce the local fruits and highlight their nutritional value with the new generation, a seasonal fruit festival was held in Bogura on Monday.
The district police organised the fruit festival at Bogura Police Lines.
Bogura Police Superintendent and promoted to Additional DIG Sudip Kumar Chakrabarty presided over the programme. Police Superintendent of Bogura CID Mohammad Kausar Shikder, Police Superintendent of Bogura Region Highway Police Habibur Rahman, Police Superintendent (In service) Belal Hossain, promoted to Police Superintendents Snigdha Aktar, Abdur Rashid, Motahar Hossain, Additional Police Superintendents Suman Ranjan, Sharafat Islam, Bogura Police Lines School and College Principal Shahadat Alam Jhunu and Bogura Press Club president Mahmudul Alam Nayan spoke at the programme.
About 30 types of fruit including, mango, jackfruit, litchi, elephant apple, sapodilla and so on. The students were enthusiastic seeing the fruits at the festival. Several students said that they have heard the names of the fruits but seen some of the fruits for the first time at the fruit festival. They were introduced with the local fruits and got to learn about the nutritional values of the fruits there. They expected to join such festival every year.
Bogura Police Lines School and College Principal Shahadat Alam Jhunu said flowers and fruits are part of our culture. The new generation is knowing about the nutritional value of fruits. Arranging such festival is extraordinary. The organiser of the festival, Bogura Police Superintendent and promoted to Additional DIG Sudip Kumar Chakrabarty, said many of our local fruits are on the verge of extinction. Although the fruits are in trees, the new generation doesn’t know about many fruits as these are not available at markets or everywhere. The festival was arranged to introduce the fruits with the new generation. The students will be motivated to protect the fruits and trees as they were introduced with many local fruits at the fruit festival. Today’s generation will work to protect the fruits, flowers, rivers and the environment of the country, he expressed his hope.
