PM's intervention sought in saving Prabartak Sangha, Hill

Speakers at a press conference sought the prime minister's intervention in saving one of the country's oldest philanthropic institution Prabartak Sangha and Prabartak Hill, already recognised as the country's heritage, from land grabbers.
The conference under the banner Prabartak Sangha Rakkha O Sangrakkhan Committee (committee to save and protect Prabartak Sangha) was held at Chittagong Press Club auditorium on Sunday.
Advocate Chandan Talukdar, the committee's member secretary, reading a written statement, alleged that leaders of Prabartak Sangha Executive Committee were dealing underhand to commercialise and ruin the sanctity of the hill.
Prabartak Sangha was established in 1921 with 28 acres of hilly land in Chittagong keeping in mind the spirit of humanity and religious spiritualism. But the executive committee members are discarding the philanthropic spirit to fulfill their commercial aggrandisement, he alleged.
The executive committee signed an unjust agreement with a real estate development company, RF Properties Ltd, to build a multipurpose tower on a 42.5 to 57.5 ratio respectively. Accordingly, the company built a boundary wall around the hill, said Chandan.
He said Department of Environment (DoE) dismantled the wall once on January 24 but the company rebuilt it.
DoE on March 14 issued a notice to the company to dismantle the wall by March 21, which they are still to comply. The sangrakkhan committee would organise movements to save the institution and urged for people's support in their movement, he added.