DoE fines LGED engineer, two others Tk 7 lakh for damaging hills in Bandarban

A senior engineer of the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED), a construction firm and a sub-contractor were fined Tk 7 lakh by the Department of Environment (DoE) today, for razing hills in Bandarban's Lama upazila.

The DoE during an investigation found that hills were being razed in the name of road development in Lama, reports our Bandarban correspondent quoting Mohammad Moazzem Hossain, director of DoE Chattogram region.

Based on the investigation -- Md Jamal Uddin, senior engineer of Bandarban LGED, a construction firm named Md Younus and Brothers, and a sub-contractor named Bijoy Ais were fined during a hearing at the Chattogram DoE office today.