Advisor of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and Ministry of Water Resources of interim government, Syeda Rizwana Hasan, strictly instructed Munshiganj Deputy Commissioner Md Abujafar Ripon so that dredgers cannot come in Arial Beel anymore.
She said the dredgers disappear during the field level work. They return again. There are district administration and Upazila Administration here. She asked, what is the role of administration then? It is not possible that the police administration, upazila administration and district administration do not know who is filling the Arial Beel with soil using dredgers. At that time, she told the Munshiganj Deputy Commissioner to take the necessary steps to ensure that dredgers do not return to Arial Beel anymore. She also asked him to monitor the situation regularly. Besides, she instructed him to submit reports in every 20 days.
She gave the instruction during a presentation and briefing on Arial Beel at the Upazila Parishad auditorium in Sreenagar upazila of Munshiganj on Monday.
She said the flow of the Padma River has decreased due to siltation and the connections of the canals in this region have been detached. But whenever we talk about canal dredging, you will propose projects of thousands of crores taka. We do not have thousands of crores taka at this moment. We cannot provide that. She gave advice to take initiative to dredge the canals through the ‘food for work’ programme and by coordinating with the local volunteers. Besides, she gave instruction to the district administration to demolish the brick kilns operating without administration’s approval and environmental clearance certificate.
Interim government’s Advisor of Ministry of Housing & Public Works and Ministry of Industries Adilur Rahman Khan, Director General of Bangladesh Water Development Board Muhammad Amirul Haq Bhuiya, Secretary of Ministry of Water Resource Nazmul Ahasan, Munshiganj Deputy Commissioner Md Abujafar Ripon, Munshiganj Superintendent of Police Mohammad Shamsul Alam Sarkar and other officials were present at that time.
Advisor Syeda Rizwana Hasan and Advisor Adilur Rahman Khan, along with other officials visited the Arial Beel after the briefing. They enjoyed the beauty of monsoon of Arial Beel at that time.
