According to local sources, hundreds of dredgers have been set up in the rivers to lift sand. Sometimes the illegal sand lifters engaged in clash over establishing supremacy in sand query. In last five years at least 15 persons were killed over the issue, said local sources. Ex VP of Govt Nazim Uddin College Masud Parvez said the administration had not taken any steps against the illegal sand lifting. Deputy Commissioner Kamaluddin Biswas said: “We have already taken steps to stop illegal sand lifting.

Source: Dhaka Tribune September 03, 2016 16:30 UTC