Ayub Miyaji, Chandnaish: Char Barma, a village rising from the Sangu River in the Barma Union of Chittagong Chandnaish Upazila, has created a picturesque scene. In this area of Upakaliya, behind the sand hills and around the uncultivated land, there is now a grand ceremony of Kashban and Kashful. It is like an ocean of white flowers. Waves over people’s heads are constantly welcoming incoming nature lovers. The beauty of Kashful in this region is playing an important role in the livelihood of the poor people of the Kashban Char region, besides satisfying the minds of nature lovers. Dhudhu Baluchar is a bed of kashful. Kashful blossoms in the villages of Gramganj every year in the autumn season as the eternal tradition and breathtaking beauty of Abahman Bengal. Many people come to visit Kashban with their families and wander around in the late afternoon light.
Kashful is basically a type of grass belonging to the perennial grass family. Untended plants grow only because of you. Just as raw kash plants provide fodder for cattle, dried kash tree straw has been used for house canopies, fuel, and brooms for a long time. Apart from this, it is used as a root remedy for coughs, to treat gallstones, as a body pain reliever, and to remove body odor.
Kashban grows on riverbanks, swamps, grasslands, dry, rough areas, pastures, or high places in villages. Kashban grows more along river banks as the roots of kash can spread easily in alluvial soil. In the autumn season, soft, white flowers bloom like feathers. The two sides of the chiral leaves of the plant are very sharp. Kash is the flower of the autumn season. Kashful is basically of two types. Mountains and grasslands. It has no fragrance.
Kashful’s manzuri (data) is long. The sanction head has many branches. Flowers bloom only when the branches are full. The flower looks small but can easily be seen from a distance, as it is allowed. Delwar Hossain, a nature lover who came to visit Kashban, said that when he comes to visit Kashban, he feels like he is walking on the seashore. Due to the encroachment of river banks and uncultivated land, the extent of forest is decreasing day by day. To fulfill the emotional needs of beauty lovers, it is necessary to sustain the forest throughout the field as before.
The chairman of the Burma Union, Parishad Khorshed Alam Titu, said that this is a huge scam. There will be hundreds of acres of land. There is ownership and Khas land. From Satkania upazila in the southwest and Anwara in the northwest, many people come to that Kashban area of Char every day.
