Dhaka, Oct. 16 -- Around one hundred thousand people across northern Bangladesh lit torches on Thursday evening, demanding a fair share of Teesta waters and the swift implementation of the Teesta Master Plan to revive the river's flow.

The torch processions were held under the second phase of the "Jago Bahe, Teesta Bachai" (Rise up, Save Teesta) campaign.

They took place simultaneously at 11 locations across Lalmonirhat, Kurigram, Nilphamari, Gaibandha, and Rangpur districts.

The main rally was inaugurated at Char Point near the Teesta Railway Bridge in Lalmonirhat by Asadul Habib Dulu, chief coordinator of the Teesta River Protection Committee, BNP's Rangpur divisional organising secretary, and president of Lalmonirhat BNP.

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