Illegal structures squeeze Ichhamati River in Pabna
Aggrieved locals demolished a part of the under construction structure on an illegally occupied portion of the Ichhamati River near Shitlai Ghat of Ananto area of the district town yesterday.
Earlier they organised a protest rally where Pabna Sadar upazila parishad Chairman Mosharaf Hossain and Pabna municipality Mayor Kamrul Hasan Mintu also took part.
Recently a local food company started construction of pillars in the middle of the Ichhamati River to extend their factory site to an illegally occupied portion of the river.
The unscrupulous act gave rise to angry protest from locals.
“The Ichhamati River plays a vital role in releasing water from the district town. But the illegal occupiers started construction in Ananto Shitlai Ghat point area, impeding the river flow and posing threat of flooding the town during the rainy season," upazila Chairman Mosharaf Hossain said at yesterday's rally.
The illegal occupation must be stopped to save the drainage system of Pabna town, said Pabna Mayor Kamrul Hasan Mintu.
He urged the district administration and the Water Development Board to remove the illegal structures from the river.
At one stage the aggrieved people demolished a portion of the illegal structure of the food company.
A tense situation is prevailing in the area over occupation of the river land.
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