Authorities in Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar, have issued loudspeaker warnings urging residents living on hill slopes to move to safer areas as continuous heavy rainfall has raised fears of landslides. Hundreds of low-income families continue to live in these risky zones due to poverty and lack of alternative housing. The administration has begun identifying landslide-prone settlements and conducting awareness campaigns with NGO support.
Local residents reported that illegal hill cutting continues at night in several areas, worsening the risk of collapse during the rainy season. Over the past year, more than a hundred new houses have been built on 12 highly vulnerable hills, now home to thousands of people. Officials said about 50,000 people, including displaced Myanmar nationals, are living illegally across 20 risky hills and 11 hillocks in the upazila.
The Forest Department stated that no new illegal settlements are being allowed and that relocation efforts are underway. The Upazila Nirbahi Officer confirmed that precautionary measures and public announcements are ongoing to prevent casualties during the monsoon.
মুহাম্মদ তাহের নঈম, টেকনাফ (কক্সবাজার) প্রকাশ : ২৪ জুন ২০২৬, ১০: ২১আপডেট : ২৪ জুন ২০২৬, ১০: ৪৮ প্রতিবছর বর্ষা মৌসুম শুরু হলে কক্সবাজারের টেকনাফের পাহাড়ের পাদদেশে বসবাসকারী হাজারো মানুষের মধ্যে নেমে আসে আতঙ্ক। এবারও কয়েকদিনের টানা ভারী বৃষ্টিপাতে পাহা
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