Fishermen, visitors banned from Sundarbans

Fishermen and visitors have been banned from entering the Sundarbans for three months, starting today, for the smooth breeding of fish inside the forest's rivers and canals.

This restriction will be in force until August 31.

The forest department has made the decision as per a resources management plan.

To enforce the ban, the department has stopped issuing all kinds of passes for entering the Sundarbans. At the same time, security has been beefed up in the forest.

Belayet Hossain, divisional forest officer of the Sundarbans east forest department, said fishing in all rivers and canals in the forest used to be suspended for two months from July 1.

This year, in coordination with the fisheries department, the restriction has been extended by a month.