Chattogram Bureau :
Illegal sand extraction from the Halda River continues unabated posing a serious threat to the ecosystem.
The river is also Bangladesh’s largest natural breeding ground for carps. As part of ongoing drives against unauthorized dredgers and mechanized boats Hathazari Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) conducted a drive at Indira Ghat and seized an unauthorized dredger for sand extraction from the river.
Earlier, on November 26, another sand-lifting dredger was seized from the same spot of the river. According to local analysts and spawn collectors, the use of sand-extracting dredgers and mechanized boats in the river is responsible for the death of a number of broodfish and dolphins in recent times. They say fish and dolphins are often injured and killed after being hit by the propeller of engine-run boats or sand-extracting dredgers.
Halda River is a river in south-eastern Bangladesh. It originates at the Badnatali Hill Ranges in Ramgarh Upazila in the Chattogram Hill Tracts, flows through Fatikchhari Upazila, Bhujpur Thana, Hathazari Upazila, Raozan Upazila and Chandgaon Thana of the Chattogram Metropolitan City, and falls into the Karnaphuli River.
The river is also Bangladesh’s largest natural breeding ground for carps Despite ongoing drives against unauthorized dredgers and mechanized boats at the Halda River, illegal sand extraction continues unabated, posing a serious threat to the ecosystem.
Earlier on November 26, another sand-lifting dredger was seized from the same spot of the river. According to local analysts and spawn collectors, the use of sand-extracting dredgers and mechanized boats in the river is responsible for the death of a number of broodfish and dolphins in recent times.
They say fish and dolphins are often injured and killed after being hit by the propeller of engine-run boats or sand-extracting dredgers. Law enforcement officials seize a sand-lifting dredger from the Halda river in Chittagong.
Speaking to Hathazari UNO Ruhul Amin said that the authorities were conducting drives regularly to ensure a preservation of the aquatic ecosystem in the river. “Since my joining, I have conducted 87 mobile courts till February 10 of this year.
I too permission from the local administration and if you have any query in this regard you can contact with them,” he said. Md Yousuf, who claimed to be a ruling party man, said, “I am working for Rafiqul. No one is affected here due to sand lifting.”
Illegal sand extraction from the Halda River continues unabated posing a serious threat to the ecosystem.
The river is also Bangladesh’s largest natural breeding ground for carps. As part of ongoing drives against unauthorized dredgers and mechanized boats Hathazari Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) conducted a drive at Indira Ghat and seized an unauthorized dredger for sand extraction from the river.
Earlier, on November 26, another sand-lifting dredger was seized from the same spot of the river. According to local analysts and spawn collectors, the use of sand-extracting dredgers and mechanized boats in the river is responsible for the death of a number of broodfish and dolphins in recent times. They say fish and dolphins are often injured and killed after being hit by the propeller of engine-run boats or sand-extracting dredgers.
Halda River is a river in south-eastern Bangladesh. It originates at the Badnatali Hill Ranges in Ramgarh Upazila in the Chattogram Hill Tracts, flows through Fatikchhari Upazila, Bhujpur Thana, Hathazari Upazila, Raozan Upazila and Chandgaon Thana of the Chattogram Metropolitan City, and falls into the Karnaphuli River.
The river is also Bangladesh’s largest natural breeding ground for carps Despite ongoing drives against unauthorized dredgers and mechanized boats at the Halda River, illegal sand extraction continues unabated, posing a serious threat to the ecosystem.
Earlier on November 26, another sand-lifting dredger was seized from the same spot of the river. According to local analysts and spawn collectors, the use of sand-extracting dredgers and mechanized boats in the river is responsible for the death of a number of broodfish and dolphins in recent times.
They say fish and dolphins are often injured and killed after being hit by the propeller of engine-run boats or sand-extracting dredgers. Law enforcement officials seize a sand-lifting dredger from the Halda river in Chittagong.
Speaking to Hathazari UNO Ruhul Amin said that the authorities were conducting drives regularly to ensure a preservation of the aquatic ecosystem in the river. “Since my joining, I have conducted 87 mobile courts till February 10 of this year.
I too permission from the local administration and if you have any query in this regard you can contact with them,” he said. Md Yousuf, who claimed to be a ruling party man, said, “I am working for Rafiqul. No one is affected here due to sand lifting.”
