Chattogram Bureau :
An environmental group called People’s Voice has called for the formation of a task force and special tribunals to ensure speedy punishment of the perpetrators. The demand was made at a rally held on Sunday at the intersection of Cheragi Hills in the city to commemorate the victims of the 2008 landslides in Chattogram metropolis and Rangamati and Chattogram in 2016. The People’s Voice has been calling for the day to be declared ‘Mountain Protection Day’ every year since the June 11, 2006 landslide that killed 128 people in Chattogram. Professional Coordinating Council and Khelaghor Chattogram Metropolitan President Dr AQM Sirajul Islam said, “So far we have seen hundreds of investigation committees. But the report no longer saw the light of day. The mountains are a natural resource not only of Chattogram but of the whole country. No one has the right to destroy this nature. The hill has been cut and finished; today Karnafuli is on the way to be filled. Tt is a deep conspiracy to destroy our nature.”
