The brick kiln of the Awami League leaders is being seen in violation of the High Court order. Each of them has become the owner of the kiln illegally by swelling up year after year. Most of them are public representatives and their relatives. Already, the candidates who are preparing to be elected from this seat have staged a sit-in in Dhaka to contact Syed Rizwana Hasan, Advisor to the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change and Water Resources, not to close the kiln.
Although practically no results have been achieved. The owners claim that the black smoke production facility is being run in accordance with the government’s rules and regulations. Meanwhile, on Sunday, the upazila administration conducted a drive to evict two unauthorized kilns, Ma Bricks and BBM Bricks, and the kiln owners and their allies have reopened the kiln. Locals said that behind the scenes of the Ramgati Upazila brick kiln owners are working Awami League leders Sana Ullah Sanu, Haji Md. Khalil, Miraj and Char Ramiz UP Chairman and many others. Although some white-collar people are sent to various office courts on behalf of the owners’ association during the day, the Awami League kiln owners are leading the owners’ association at night.
BNP-Awami League are like brothers in the illegal manufacturing business. Locals expressed their anger on condition of anonymity and said that people around every brick kiln are suffering from various complex diseases. From children to the elderly. The government’s paved and renovated dirt roads worth crores of taka are being destroyed by kiln tractors. The loss is a hundred times more than the revenue income.
The owners first buy some land and give it to the kiln. Gradually, their true nature emerges. The land around the Bhata is bought by various brokers for a nominal fee from the landowners or by threatening them with death threats. The people around the Bhata are helpless.
Because they have nothing to do. In this way, the Bhata owners are destitute of hundreds of poor people. In addition, various kinds of illegal activities, including drug dens, are often carried out in and around the Bhata office. However, the locals are not opening their mouths out of fear. As a result of the construction of Bhata without obtaining agricultural permits, half a million small, medium and marginal farming families face ruin every year. They are angry because they cannot take agricultural produce home after spending crores of taka. A headmaster said on condition of anonymity that the Bhata is next to the school.
The owners get NOCs from various offices in exchange for money.
In fact, the Bhata runs right under the nose of the institution. Illegal kilns are being built under the shelter of various political parties and the administration. About 5 to 6 lakh people in the upazila are suffering from black mold disease. He also said that the agricultural crops are unimaginable. We have to buy and eat various seasonal crops, especially paddy and soybeans. 4/5 kilns have been broken in the administration’s raids. We expect that kilns will be given as per the government’s rules. So that there is no problem for kiln owners and the common people. Ramgati Upazila Kiln Owners’ Association General Secretary Md. Sana Ullah said that our kilns were built on the government’s orders. But at present, the kilns have been closed.
It can be said that there is no production activity. Besides, the raid on our kilns is ongoing. We are now in a helpless state. Ramgati UNO Syed Md. Amjad Hossain said that we have conducted a raid on the kilns on the government’s orders. Our raid will continue.