farmland
Brick kilns polluting air, destroying farmland
With the start of the brick-making season, dozens of illegal brick kilns have started operation inside the forests and near many schools in Bandarban, polluting environment in the hills.
PRECIOUS TOPSOIL burnt for bricks
At least 500 bighas of prime farmland loses productivity in five upazilas of Lalmonirhat every year, as their topsoil is sold to feed around 40 local brick kilns.
The piece of land which was once a raging river Teesta
Man-made intervention in the upstream turns Teesta a wild river in monsoon and a desert in winter.
Brick kilns polluting air, destroying farmland
With the start of the brick-making season, dozens of illegal brick kilns have started operation inside the forests and near many schools in Bandarban, polluting environment in the hills.
PRECIOUS TOPSOIL burnt for bricks
At least 500 bighas of prime farmland loses productivity in five upazilas of Lalmonirhat every year, as their topsoil is sold to feed around 40 local brick kilns.
The piece of land which was once a raging river Teesta
Man-made intervention in the upstream turns Teesta a wild river in monsoon and a desert in winter.
