The important half-kilometre road is being used mainly by the members of Hindu community for cremation of their dead near and dear ones at the crematory. But the vital road was badly damaged during last year's recurring floods resulting in their great sufferings.

Local people appealed to the authorities concerned time and again to repair the road but in vain. Observing the plight of Hindu brethren, two young social workers, Emarul Islam Sabin and ward member Abdus Satter came forward to mitigate their sufferings.

He called upon the people irrespective of religious faith to extend their helping help to rebuild the road. People responded spontaneously and came forward with spade and basket to rebuild the damaged road.

'We worked there for three to four hours daily', Toffazal a volunteer worker told this correspondent.

'People of both the Hindu and Muslim communities have shown the spirit of peaceful co-existence and healthy communal harmony by performing the great task', ward member Abdus Satter told this corespondent.

According to locals, the crematory and the temple were founded on the bank of the Ghagot about a century back by a devout Hindu named Guru Das. He established it on the land of his father's property. Later, another Hindu devotee Bashonto Das donated 66 decimals of his land for extension of the crematory. Members of the Hindu community from far flung areas began to visit the temple of goddess Kali for regular worship.

In the meantime, local influential people grabbed part of the roadmaking it narrow. Land grabbers allegedly occupied 09 decimals of the land illegally, local people complained.