SYLHET, Dec 11: Environment activists and academics have demanded immediate measures for stopping illegal extraction of stone from various places of Sylhet. They raised the issue at a view exchange meeting with the media persons at a hotel in the city on Wednesday.
They sought media support for the critical issue while some groups were lobbying for permission of stone extraction although it's still banned by a high court order.
The speakers said indiscriminate extradition of stones from the various places in the district had been
going on by organized groups at the cost of environmental degradation. Things were limited months ago, but it went almost open after the recent changeover. The extraction had been going on even at Jafflong, which is already declared ECA (ecologically critical area) and it's neighboring
points, violating the high court orders. Bangladesh Environment lawyers Association (BELA) organised the event. BELA's regional coordinator Shah Shaheda read out a paper on the 'Extraction of stones and the present situation in Sylhet'.
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