Several thousands of people, including local residents and BNP leaders and activists, are continuing their 48-hour sit-in proramme on shoals today demanding a fair share of Teesta River water for Bangladesh from India.

Asadul Habib Dulu, chief coordinator of the Teesta River Protection Movement and an organising secretary of the BNP, is leading the movement at 11 locations of Rangpur division's five districts -- Rangpur, Gaibandha, Nilphamari, Lalmonirhat and Kurigram -- to protect Teesta River.

The protest began yesterday as part of Teesta River Protection Movement Committee's two-day programme with a slogan "Jago Bahe, Teesta Bachai" (Wake Up, Save the Teesta).

Today, a group of protesters marched on the river shoal in the middle of the Teesta Railway Bridge and the Teesta Road Bridge in Sadar upazila and Kaunia upazila of Rangpur.

Along with the shoal people, BNP leaders and activists, and representatives of various political and social organisations have been participating in the protest.