Katka Tragedy Day today

The Katka Tragedy Day will be observed today with due solemnity, reports BSS.
The KU authorities have chalked out different programmes on the campus marking the day.
On March 13, 2004, nine final year students of Architecture of Khulna University and two students of Mechanical department of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka were swept away by powerful current while bathing in the sea near Katka of the Sundarbans. After the demise of the students, the Forest Department marked the area as risky zone.
The 11 hapless students were among those who went to the Sundarbans for sight seeing and picnicking.   Nine out of 11 met watery graves while bodies of the two victims were recovered from the sea beach.

Katka Tragedy Day today

The Katka Tragedy Day will be observed today with due solemnity, reports BSS. The KU authorities have chalked out different programmes on the campus marking the day. On March 13, 2004, nine final year students of Architecture of Khulna University and two students of Mechanical department of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka were swept away by powerful current while bathing in the sea near Katka of the Sundarbans. After the demise of the students, the Forest Department marked the area as risky zone. The 11 hapless students were among those who went to the Sundarbans for sight seeing and picnicking. Nine out of 11 met watery graves while bodies of the two victims were recovered from the sea beach.