Own Correspondent: In the name of development, the hill and river encroachers have come under the grip of the horrifying attack on the environment of Lohagara Upazila in South Chittagong. There is still time; if we all work together, we can save this precious natural resource. Conservation of Chunati Wildlife Sanctuary in particular has become imperative.
The adviser to the former caretaker government, Adv. Sultana Kamal, says these things.
Sharmin Murshid, Chief Executive Officer of Brati and Co-Convener of the Convening Committee of GANA, presided over the event. Chachik Sharif Jamil, a member of the convening committee of the catch, was the chief negotiator.
Rafiqul Islam Chowdhury, Divisional Forest Officer of the Chittagong Wildlife Management and Nature Conservation Department, Fazlul Quader Chowdhury, and Abdul Karim Chowdhury Kim, members of the convening committee of GANA, were special guests.
Sanjida Rahman, coordinator of Chunati Raksha and member of GANA, moderated the program and gave the welcome speech.
Speakers in the meeting said that a frenzy of environmental destruction has been seen. The Chunti forest area, which was once a thriving wildlife sanctuary, is today a mass destruction operation. Settlement, trade, and the death of thousands of trees inside the forest. Numerous hill cuttings have been observed, and the hills that have survived are also under illegal occupation.
Niazur Rahman Khan, senior president of the local environmentalist organization ‘Aranya’, Anwar Kamal, president of the Chunti Wildlife Sanctuary Co-Management Committee, and Lohagara Press Club President Bir Muktijoddha Nurul Islam, Lohagara Press Club Vice President Pushpen Chowdhury, and daily Yugantar correspondent Nazim Uddin spoke in the discussion meeting. Rana, Daily Manabkanth representative Jahedul Islam, ‘Aranya’ member secretary Abdul Qayyum, and organizing secretary Mujibur Rahman, etc.
The discussion meeting was attended by leaders and activists of various organizations.
