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There are currently more than 300 saw-mills in the upazila of Chandpur. Every year, thousnds of rupee are being leaked to the government. Due to the lack of administrative control over a long period of time, one has been dealing with other people without any license. However, in this case, it is undervalued by legitimate licensed mill owners.
All these mills are raising environmental pollution on one side and destroying the balance of nature on the other. The forest is slowly eroding. Habitat is declining on wildlife. Most of them have no exemption from the Environment Department. The major and most important element in our survival is preventing us from getting into oxygen.
Once again the trees are being cut in the river area. Trees are also being cut for the construction of new buildings. Nature is the victim of adverse reactions to the climate. Hurricanes like Roanu, Cedar, Nargis have been reported to have caused the imbalance in nature. Inadequate fruits, herbs and other forest trees are being cut down to supply their supplies regularly.
Throughout the year, various types of trees are being cut off at an early age to provide restriction, continuous noise pollution and logistics of the mills, leaving woodpeckers all around the mills throughout the year.
All these mills indirectly play an important role in house construction, furniture making, lighting supplies and various developments, but they continue to be impractical.
According to the Chandpur Forest Department, all the upazilas of the district currently do not have licenses in 100 of the 100 mills. There are 4 mill licenses in the whole district. There are rules for the owners to obtain their license, along with a copy of their land expropriation, upazila land office certificate, invoice of Tk 2,000, sanction in forest plantation and copy of legal connection to the power division.
Acting officer of the Chandpur Social Forestry and Training Center, Md. Tajul Islam, told the matter.According to the information received, more than 2000 tk were licensed in Chandpur till the date of taxation of the call made on May 27, 2012. From then on, the licenses were automatically terminated as mill owners failed to meet the required conditions. The mill owners are now running the mill without a revoked license or renewal.
According to another source of forest department, if there is an average of 20 mills in each upazila in the country, it is enough. In that case, on an average, there are 25 miles in Chandpur.
Anonymous, who is reluctant to be named, told the owner on a license, “My mill is no longer running with electricity. So the license does not apply. Run the match with the resulting generator. License is not required. ”According to the Environment Department, ‘Environment Department’s exemption is mandatory for setting up a saw mill.’ Asked about the license of Md. Selim Khan Mill, a manager of a licensed Chandpur monastery, he said, “As a citizen, one must first respect the prevailing laws of the country. So I don’t think anyone who runs a business illegally has any social status. ‘
In charge of the forest department in Chandpur, Md. Tajul Islam said, “I have been giving frequent notices to the aboriginal mills. There is a response from some mill owners. Again, an initiative will be taken to conduct mobile court with the help of Executive Officer Mahode in every upazila against the mills. In reply to another question, he said that without the divisional license, no mill would get electricity. Diesel powered mills are also illegal.
Abdul Ghoni , Sept 28 , 2019