Save the reserve trees

Of late, illegally cutting down of reserve trees has taken a massive form. Poor surveillance and failure to ensure exemplary punishment to the culprits is increasing the misdeed. A massive number of reserved trees were cut down illegally in November last year from Tangail's Madhupur reserve forest. Many of these trees are rare. The story does not end here. Recently we have seen illegal cutting down of trees from the reserve forest of Tanguar Haor of Sunamganj. This is hurting us and raises questions regarding the role of the concerned authorities.

I would like to draw the attention of the higher authorities of the forest department to disclose why they have failed to stop this and request them to save the reserve trees.

Md.Tarek Aziz Bappi

Dept.of Political Science

University of Dhaka