Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury said that operations will be conducted soon against the resort and other establishments illegally established by occupying forest land in Gazipur. Map of illegal forest land encroachment will be prepared. Irrespective of government institutions, private individuals and organizations encroaching on forest land, action will be immediate. There will be no compromise on this.  He said, 26 thousand acres of forest land has been restored.  Urgent measures will be taken in the districts around Dhaka.
The Environment Minister said these things in the president’s speech at the meeting held in the conference room of the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change on Wednesday (April 3) regarding the protection of forest land and control of environmental pollution in Gazipur district.