Holidaymakers crowd the Patenga Sea Beach in the port city on the third day of the Eid holiday. Photo: Anurup Kanti Das

The people in the port city celebrated Eid-ul Azha amid festivity.
Thousands of cattle were slaughtered in the port city on the Eid day this year without causing any environmental hazards as cleaners removed wastes of animals immediately, said sources. The city got back its natural facet within the evening of the Eid day as 3,000 cleaners were engaged in cleaning activities, said Shafiqul Mannan Siddique, the chief Conservancy Officer of Chittagong City Corporation (CCC).
The city dwellers mainly chose tourist spots in the city and outskirts like Patenga sea beach, Anwara Parky sea beach, Foy's Lake Fantasy Kingdom, Chittagong Zoo, Butterfly Park and different parks.
Many people enjoyed the natural beauty of Central Railway Building area during the vacation along with their family members. A lot of couples were seen enjoying rides on boats in the river Karnaphuli.
Parks were jam packed with the presence of visitors irrespective of age. The children were happy with different rides in these parks.
Of the parks, Butterfly Park at Patenga and Fantasy Kingdom at Foy's Lake attracted the largest number of visitors, said sources.
Many people went on a trip to Cox's Bazar having the three-day vacation to relax in the world's longest natural sea beach and many to hill districts of Rangamati, Khagrachari and Bandarban.
No tickets were available at the bus counters of Bahadderhat Bus Terminal to go to Cox's Bazar and Bandarban. The same scenario was seen at the Rangamati and Khagrachhari Bus Terminal in the port city.
City dwellers were seen enjoying boat rides at Kaptai lake in Rangamati and roaming from one end of the hanging bridge to the other, said sources.
No room of hotels and motels at Cox's Bazar was vacant during these days and many people were suffered as they went there without making prior reservations, said sources.
But the Eid for the rickshaw-pullers and the staff of different vehicles like buses, improvised four wheeler passenger vehicles, auto-rickshaws and auto-tempo was different.
Md Yasin, a rickshawpuller, said he had to pull the rickshaw even on the Eid day as he lives a hand-to-mouth existance. “I do not have enough money to take rest or have a vacation as I have to constantly think about maintaining the day-to-day expenses of my family,” he said.
However, he did go round the city streets taking his wife and children on his rickshaw in the afternoon of the Eid day. “Despite my all limitations I feel happy whenever I can do something to bring amusement to my family members,” Yasin added.
Prabir Barua, a staff of a privately owned organisation, said he had to attend office before the Eid day till 10:00pm. “So I could not go to my village home as the way I had planned a month ago to spend three days with my family members,” he added.