Moulvibazar Correspondent:
In Juri Upazila of Moulvibazar, 2 persons have been issued notices by
the Sylhet Divisional Office of the Environment Department for cutting hills
and hills without the permission of the Environment Department and causing
damage to the environment and surroundings.
The operation was conducted in West Kachurgul and
Lathitila villages of Goalbari Union of Juri Upazila last Tuesday afternoon. It
is known that the miscreants in the area have been illegally cutting hills and
using the land for their own needs for a long time. Swapan Kumar Das conducted
the operation along with data entry operators under the leadership of Md.
Maidul Islam, assistant director of Moulvibazar district of Environment
Directorate on the basis of secret information. Shafiq Uddin, son of deceased
Abdur Rahim of West Kachurgul village of Goalbari UP, Mahmud Ali, son of
deceased Rustam Ali of Lathitila village, signed by Director of Environment
Department, Mohammad Emran Hossain, to appear in hearing for environmental
damage, on charges of cutting hills and hills without permission of Environment
Department and causing damage to environment and surroundings is provided.
The accused persons are asked to appear at the
Sylhet office of the Department of Environment at 10 am on December 5 and
attend the hearing. Bangladesh Environment Protection Act, 1965 (Amended)-2010
contradict section 12th which is an offense punishable under Section
15th of the same Act.
DCT/OL/SMKN/END
