Lalmonirhat village roads damaged by kiln owners

A two-and-half kilometre road at Dhairkhata village in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila has almost been badly damaged due to random movement of overloaded tractors carrying earth for a brick kiln.

The road's condition becomes worse when it rains, said locals.

Like Dhairkhat, village roads around 47 brick kilns in five upazilas of the district are in bad condition due to plying of overloaded earth-laden tractors.

There are paved roads at some places, but condition of the roads also worsens, said Delwar Hossain, a farmer of Pashchim Nawdabansh village in Hatibandha upazila.

Carpeting of many parts of the village roads wore off and a number of potholes developed on the roads, said local people.

The roads have become almost unfit for vehicular movement during the rainy season, they said.

The villagers said tractors carrying earth being used for making bricks continued plying the roads, but no one dares to protest against it as the brick kiln owners are very powerful and influential.

Shahidul Islam, owner of a brick kiln at Bamonerbasa village in ​​Aditmari upazila, said as they pay tax to the government, there is no bar to use the village road.

The road has been damaged lightly due to movement of tractors, said Shahidul.

Ashraf Ali Khan, executive engineer of Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) in Lalmonirhat, said the village roads in the upazilas are being damaged due to plying of earth-laden tractors.

The brick kiln owners will be given letter to stop random movement of the tractors, said the LGED engineer.