'Stop move to lease Nunertek for sand extraction'
Some environmentalists yesterday demanded annulment of Narayanganj district administration's move to lease Nurertek area under Sonargaon upazila, encircled by river Meghna, for sand extraction.
Some miscreants have been forcibly extracting sand from the area for days. If the administration leases the area, the miscreants would begin extracting sand in larger volumes, posing the threat of erosion to adjacent villages, they said.
They placed the demand while addressing a rally and human chain organised by Poribesh Bachao Andolon (POBA) at Mayadip village in Sonargoan, says a press release. The district administration issued an advertisement in newspaper on April 20 to lease Nurertak Balu Mahal (an area where sand is extracted).
POBA Chairman Abu Naser Khan, Boddiyer Bazar union parishad Chairman Mahbub Sarkar and Sonargoan Press Club Convenor AKM Mahfuzur Rahman also spoke.
Meanwhile, POBA along with Subornogram, a social organisation, began filing a writ petition with the High Court against the lease.
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