Felling of trees prevented
Police yesterday morning prevented Illegal felling of valuable trees in the office compound of the Water Development Board (WDB) executive engineer. WDB section officer (SO) Shashanko Kumar Biswas said men of Osman Ali of Kazirpara village under Shailkupa upazila were felling mahogony, teak and other valuable trees from the office premises as WDB executive engineer (EE) Zahurul Islam soled those without tender. Contacted, the EE said that he had sold the trees for cleaning the office complex. Shafiqul Islam Apu, ruling Awami League (AL) lawmaker elected from Jhenidah-2 constituency said he had already asked the administration to take stern action against rules violators. Jhenidah superintendent of police (SP) Rezaul Karim also confirmed the incident.
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