Locals of Nasirabad in the city on Wednesday formed a human chain on the bank of the Ekuti Canal demanding measures to save the Ekuti Canal from grabbers. In the human chain they urged the newly elected mayor AJM Nasir Uddin to take steps immediately to save the canal from the grabbers. They said some land grabbers have been erecting structures on the canal bed since many years. In the rally Kabir Chowdhury, adviser and Belayat Hossain Chowdhury, organising secretary of Chasma Hill Residential Area Welfare Samity, M Nur Gani, general secretary of Cosmopolitan R/A Welfare Samity, Shahabuddin Ahmed, president of Rahaman Nagar R/A Welfare Samity and Hasan Murad Chowdury, president of Prayash spoke,  among others.