Ruling party men fell trees of govt school

Two people sawing off a tree on the ground of Kachua-Dalima Government Primary School in Baufal upazila of Patuakhali district on Monday at the instruction of a ruling Awami League leader who plundered eleven trees from the place.Photo: STAR

Ruling party cadres felled 11 trees on the ground of a government primary school in Baufal upazila of the district on Monday.
Locals alleged that the cadres, led by Awami League leader Alaudding, arrived at Kachua Dalima Government Primary School field in the morning and started cutting down the trees.
They felled 11 eco-friendly trees worth about Tk one lakh and took them away, they said.
Alamgir Hossain, headmaster of the school, was on leave on the day. He submitted a written complaint to the upazila education officer against Alauddin, also a former member of local union parishad, and his men yesterday.
Didarul Islam, chairman of the school managing committee, said Alauddin and his men cut down the trees and took them away in the name of renovation of a nearby mosque.
They also took away pipe of a dysfunctional deep tube-well from the school ground by digging soil recently, Didarul added.
When contacted, Baufal Upazila Education Officer Mostafa Kamal said, “We shall go for legal steps against the tree plunderers after proper investigation”.