Stop cutting trees on hills
Demand four environmental organisations
Leaders of four environmental organisations yesterday demanded the government to stop cutting hills and trees on hills and a ban on lifting sand from streams on hills across the country.
The demands came at a rally organised by Bangladesh Paribesh Andolon (Bapa), Green Voice, Puraton Dhaka Paribesh Unnayan Forum and Seba in front of Jaitya Press Club in the city.
Pointing at the landslide on July 1 that killed 17 people, they said cutting hills is the main cause of landslide which causes the death of many people during heavy rains every year.
Politically influential people are responsible for cutting hills and the administration is directly or indirectly helping them due to corruption, they said.
They also demanded a ban on construction of houses on hills for non-indigenous people, a stop to planting alien trees and appointing a corruption-free body to protect, use and develop forests on hills.
Bapa Joint Secretary Zakir Hossain presided over the rally where Citizen Rights Movements Secretary General Tushar Rehman, Seba Executive Director Dr Md Nuruddin, the forum Convener Ashraf Amir Ullah and Bapa Executive Member Prof Mahbubur Rahman also addressed.
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