Sundarbans at stake for looting of resources

Existence of the Sundarbans is at stake for frequent looting of its resources, reports UNB from Satkhira.
It is not only a land of beauty but also a great source of livelihood for the people of the country's south-western part. Most of the people of Koyra upazila along with Satkhira and Khulna districts are dependent on the globe's largest mangrove forest for their livelihood.
The inhabitants of the areas, mainly fishermen and wood-collectors, earn their living form the Sundarbans.
But apart from being vulnerable to the vagaries of nature and wild animals, these poor people also face attacks from various groups of pirates and forest-robbers, who sometimes abduct them and demand huge amount of ransom for their release. Pirates and forest-robbers also kill them when their families cannot pay the demanded ransom.
Law-enforcers conduct drives regularly in the deep forest to control the pirates. Sometimes, pirates and robbers lock in gunfight.
Robbers in the Sundarbans also kill Royal Bengal Tiger, spotted deer and alligators.
When robbers remain busy with robbery and beast killing inside the forest, their mainland collaborators are busy meeting the gangs' daily needs of water, rice and oil as well as arms and ammunition.
They also supply secret information to the robbers and collect ransom from the abductees' families.