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International Farakka Committee

The International Farakka Committee (IFC) in a statement issued on the twentieth instant deeply condoled the death of valiant freedom fighter and founder of Gonoshasthya Kendra Dr. Zafrullah Chowdhury and said that a sentinel of independence and sovereignty, he was a forerunner in the struggle against water aggression.
IFC leaders said Dr. Chowdhury used to take part in discussion meetings, seminars, street-corner meetings, demonstrations and long marches organized by the Farakka Committee against water aggression with a deep commitment from his heart and make important remarks.
Of particular mention was his participation in the anti-water aggression long march to Chilmari from Dhaka and the rally of at least one million people held there on March 4, 2005. It was the largest rally of people deprived of the right to water in the northern part of Bangladesh, reports UNB. Nurses and paramedics of Dr. Zafrullah Chowdhury offered emergency medical service to the people who gathered at the rally while his mechanics maintained the motor vehicles that were used in the long march.