127 shrimp farmers sued in Satkhira
A case was filed with Shyamnagar Police Station on Friday night against 127 shrimp farmers for installing GI pipes, cutting the embankments of Water Development Board (WDB) to supply salt water to their enclosures from the Kobadak River.
Sub-assistant Engineer Md Khalilur Rahman of Shyamnagar WDB filed the case under section 15 (kha) of the Special Powers Act.
The complainant alleged that the accused set up GI pipes at several points under WDB polder 5 and 15 in Shyamnagar upazila.
When the cyclone Aila hit the area, the dykes collapsed at 25 points, inundating vast areas in nine unions of the upazila, he stated in the case statement. The worst affected unions were Gabura, Padmapukur and Burogoalini.
The complainant further alleged that the shrimp farmers installed GI pipes, cutting the embankment despite warnings from the authorities concerned.
He demanded compensation from the accused for damaging the embankments by installing pipes to draw salt water from the Kobadak.
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