Published On:Friday, 19 September 2014
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Grabbers eye two khas ponds used by Rakhines
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| A section of local influential people have started constructing illegal structures, grabbing a portion of the khas pond at Kabirajpara, mostly inhabited by Rakhines, in Taltoli upazila of Barguna district. |
Two khas ponds-one at Kalachandpara in Kuakata area of Patuakhali district and the other at Kabirajpara in Taltoli upazila of Barguna district--are being grabbed by local influential people.
The influential people are building concrete structures, occupying the khas ponds in the two areas, mostly inhabited by Rakhines.
In Kuakata, the khas pond at Kalachandpara is the only source of sweet water. Locals, especially Rakhines, have been using clean and sweet water of the pond for long.
An influential man has already built a concrete structure, grabbing a portion of the pond, which belongs to Patuakhali Zila Parishad (district council).
Moncho Talukder, a Rakhine, has recently leased the pond from Zila Parishad to cultivate fish, but some local influential people are illegally occupying the pond and erecting structures.
“We urged the local administration to save the pond from grabbers, but to no effect,” he said.
In Barguna, Monthinjo, a Rakhine community leader of Kabirajpara under Taltali upazila, said he filed a written complaint to the upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) and other officials concerned on July 7 against some influential people who are trying to grab the khas pond in the area, but no action has been taken yet.
A 10-member team from Dhaka University led by Rubayet Ferdous, associate professor of mass communication and journalism, visited Kalachandpara in Kuakata and Taltoli in Barguna on Friday and Saturday.
They urged the authorities concerned to take immediate steps to save the two ponds.
Contacted, Patuakhali Zila Parishad Administrator Khan Mosharraf Hossain, said they are taking steps against the illegal occupiers. [The Star]
The influential people are building concrete structures, occupying the khas ponds in the two areas, mostly inhabited by Rakhines.
In Kuakata, the khas pond at Kalachandpara is the only source of sweet water. Locals, especially Rakhines, have been using clean and sweet water of the pond for long.
An influential man has already built a concrete structure, grabbing a portion of the pond, which belongs to Patuakhali Zila Parishad (district council).
Moncho Talukder, a Rakhine, has recently leased the pond from Zila Parishad to cultivate fish, but some local influential people are illegally occupying the pond and erecting structures.
“We urged the local administration to save the pond from grabbers, but to no effect,” he said.
In Barguna, Monthinjo, a Rakhine community leader of Kabirajpara under Taltali upazila, said he filed a written complaint to the upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) and other officials concerned on July 7 against some influential people who are trying to grab the khas pond in the area, but no action has been taken yet.
A 10-member team from Dhaka University led by Rubayet Ferdous, associate professor of mass communication and journalism, visited Kalachandpara in Kuakata and Taltoli in Barguna on Friday and Saturday.
They urged the authorities concerned to take immediate steps to save the two ponds.
Contacted, Patuakhali Zila Parishad Administrator Khan Mosharraf Hossain, said they are taking steps against the illegal occupiers. [The Star]
