In East Shyampur village of Faridpur’s Sadarpur upazila, a local youth, Haoladar Shamim Ahmed, had planted three flowering plants — hasnahena, kamini and shiuli — beside the graves of his grandmother and father. With regular care, the plants began to flower. One day he found them gone; someone had uprooted them, flowers and all. Disheartened, Shamim chose an unusual form of protest without telling anyone: to plant flowering plants on both sides of the road and in the yards of homes across the whole village.
On his own initiative and funding, he has already planted 1,500 flower saplings in front of 500 homes along both sides of about 2km of village road. Going house to house all day to plant them, he also asked locals to care for them. His unusual initiative has drawn a wave of praise across the village. Local residents said people usually get angry over a theft, but the way Shamim is planting flowers to beautify the village is truly rare, and that in a few months, when the plants flower, the whole village will be filled with fragrance.
Shamim said: “I did not try to find the thief. Perhaps the thief’s house too came under my planting programme. If he sees my work, feels remorse and refrains from theft in future, that will be my greatest reward. My goal is not just to teach the thief a lesson but to make the whole upazila green and fragrant. I plan to plant flower and medicinal trees in every village of Sadarpur in future.” Local resident Lablu Haque said the initiative had drawn a strong response on social media, and that such a positive solution to a negative incident could inspire the younger generation. Sadarpur UP chairman Kazi Zafar said he had heard of Shamim’s initiative and that it was a good one.
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