In Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram, large-scale filling of farmland, ponds, and natural drainage channels is taking place under the guise of industrialization. Despite repeated incidents, local administration has yet to take effective action, leaving residents fearful of environmental damage and future flooding. In Bashbaria Union’s Magpukur area, a company named Automation Engineering has reportedly begun filling a one-acre waterbody, blocking a key drainage route and alarming hundreds of nearby families.
Locals allege that unplanned and illegal landfilling is threatening food production and causing waterlogging even after light rainfall, endangering homes, mosques, schools, and roads. A former union member said he filed a written complaint two weeks earlier but no action followed, while company representatives allegedly filed false police cases against protesters. Experts say changing land use or filling wetlands without permission is illegal and call for coordinated action by environmental and land authorities, though such oversight appears absent in Sitakunda.
Officials stated that unauthorized filling will be halted if proven, while the accused company owner claimed ignorance about the need for permission and promised to obtain it if required.
জহিরুল ইসলাম, সীতাকুণ্ড (চট্টগ্রাম) প্রকাশ : ০৭ ফেব্রুয়ারি ২০২৬, ০৯: ৪৮আপডেট : ০৭ ফেব্রুয়ারি ২০২৬, ০৯: ৫০ জহিরুল ইসলাম, সীতাকুণ্ড (চট্টগ্রাম) চট্টগ্রামের সীতাকুণ্ড উপজেলায় শিল্পায়নের নামে চলছে কৃষিজমি ও জলাশয় ভরাটের মহোৎসব। একের পর এক ফসলি জমি,
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