'Water Festival' held at Shyam Nagar, Satkhira.
On 15 and 16 January 2023, on the occasion of the auspicious inauguration of the drinking water supply plant under the Drinking Water Supply Project of Bangladesh Bondhu Foundation (BONDHU), a water festival was held at Nawabeki Secondary School premises near Atulia Union Parishad, Shyamnagar, Satkhira. The two-day-long fair started on January 15, 2023, and ended on January 16.
Honorable Member of Parliament of Satkhira No. 4 constituency Mr. SM Jaglul Haider, MP was present as the chief guest at this festival. Mr. SM Ataul Haque Dolan, Chairman, Upazila Parishad, Shyamnagar, Satkhira; Mr. Md. Moktar Hossain, Upazila Nirbahi Officer, Shyamnagar, Satkhira; Mr. Md. Abu Saleh Babu, Chairman, Atulia Union Parishad, Shyamnagar, Satkhira; Mr. Md. Mostafizur Rahman, Assistant Engineer, Directorate of Public Health Engineering, Shyamnagar, Satkhira, were present as the special guests.
The festival was presided over
by Mr. Md. Asaduzzaman Mithu, Head Teacher of Nawabenki Secondary School,
Atulia, Shyamnagar, Satkhira.
The opening ceremony of the first day was followed by a session of Nazrul music and recitation competition, boy's cock fight, girl's biscuit race, and cultural programs. The chief guest of the event inaugurated the water plant.
On 16th January there was an arrangement of a Kabadi
competition for men, a musical ball pass, and a balloon game for women. There were stalls of the Bangladesh Bondhu
Foundation (BONDHU). Various entrepreneurs’ participated in the festival with their products. Among them, there were stalls of nursery, and rice
cakes to name a few. There was an exhibition of saplings. The activities of the drinking water supply project were displayed in the stall with a demo. The two-day long festival ended with a session of prize distribution ceremony followed by a lively cultural program.