Electricity and water connections of illegal settlers on hills will be disconnected– Syeda Rizwana Hasan
Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Advisor to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and the Ministry of Water Resources, stated that electricity and water connections for illegal settlers on hills will be disconnected. She questioned, "How do illegal occupants obtain such connections?" She also emphasized that even hill owners will face legal action if they are involved in hill cutting.The advisor made these remarks on Sunday afternoon while visiting the Akbar Shah area in Chattogram to address the issue of illegal hill cutting. She engaged with local residents and the administration, stressing the importance of long-term plans to conserve hills.She stated, "Unplanned hill cutting and mismanagement have placed the environment and biodiversity under severe threat. Such activities...
