Threat to Naharpanpunji Khasias
'Stop tree felling'
Indigenous people and an environmental organisation at a rally yesterday called upon the government to bring those threatening to displace Khasias of Naharpanpunji under trial.
They also asked to stop tree felling in Sreemangal of Sylhet, says a press release.
Bangladesh Paribesh Andolon (Bapa), Bangladesh Adivasi Forum, Khasia Student Union and Khasia Welfare Society held the rally in front of the Faculty of Fine Arts of Dhaka University.
Speakers alleged that owner of Nahar Tea Garden threatened Khasias, a community of indigenous people, to leave the place, causing apprehension among them and asked the authorities concerned to take immediate action.
Urging the government to recover around 400 acres of land allegedly grabbed by the owner, they said he sold the trees of Naharpanpunji to a trader, who already fell those and demanded their punishment.
Former vice-chancellor of Jahangirnagar University Prof Kaji Saleh Ahmed and Sujon Member Secretary Badiul Alam Majumdar also addressed the programme.
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