Forest Department plants saplings on 7.50 acres of govt land in Mirzapur
Md. Abusaleh Shojib, Mirzapur (Tangail)
Forest Department officials planted about four thousand saplings on seven and a half acres of government land reclaimed as a sal forest in Mirzapur. The reclaimed land is in Dantbhanga Chala village, located in the Kuripara Bit Office area under the Bashtoil Range Office of the upazila.
The upazila administration, joint forces and forest department officials conducted a drive in the area, recovered the occupied land and planted saplings on Monday morning.
According to information, there was a gazari forest on the land. Influential people in the area had cut down the forest and planted banana saplings to occupy the land.
UNO A.B.M. Ariful Islam, Assistant Conservator of Forests (Tangail South) Abusaleh, Bashtoil Range Officer Shahinur Rahman and others were present.
Also present at the event were members of the army, police station members, forest officials of Ansar, Bashtoil, Hateya and Baheratoil Range Offices.
Mirzapur UNO A.B.M. Ariful Islam said that our campaign to free government land from encroachment will continue.
