Random sand lifting is posing threat to a newly built bridge over Bangalee River at Bathuabari point of Bogra-Dhunat road.
The mindless act is causing serious erosion in the area, said locals.
A vast tract of cropland, a number of homesteads and a flood control dam in the area have gone into the river due to the illegal sand lifting for months, said Shahin Sardar, a local schoolteacher.
A 148-feet-long bridge, constructed at a cost of Tk 4 crore, was inaugurated on the road on July 30 this year, said an official of Roads and Highways Department (RHD).
Earlier, a tender was floated on June 26 for sand lifting. A construction firm obtained the tender and stared to extract sand with five dredgers from the river, about 200 meters off the bridge.
However, according to the law, sand lifting is not allowed within 500 meters of any bridge area, said local RHD deputy assistant engineer Mehedi Hasan.
Due to mindless sand lifting, the pillars of the bridge have started to sink while erosion took an alarming turn in the area.
We have already informed the higher authorities about the matter, he said.
Dhunat upazila nirbahi officer Hafizur Rahman said, punitive action would be taken against those responsible for the offence after investigating the matter.
Contacted, sand lifter Hasanul Karim refuted the allegation of extracting sand from near the bridge.
The mindless act is causing serious erosion in the area, said locals.
A vast tract of cropland, a number of homesteads and a flood control dam in the area have gone into the river due to the illegal sand lifting for months, said Shahin Sardar, a local schoolteacher.
A 148-feet-long bridge, constructed at a cost of Tk 4 crore, was inaugurated on the road on July 30 this year, said an official of Roads and Highways Department (RHD).
Earlier, a tender was floated on June 26 for sand lifting. A construction firm obtained the tender and stared to extract sand with five dredgers from the river, about 200 meters off the bridge.
However, according to the law, sand lifting is not allowed within 500 meters of any bridge area, said local RHD deputy assistant engineer Mehedi Hasan.
Due to mindless sand lifting, the pillars of the bridge have started to sink while erosion took an alarming turn in the area.
We have already informed the higher authorities about the matter, he said.
Dhunat upazila nirbahi officer Hafizur Rahman said, punitive action would be taken against those responsible for the offence after investigating the matter.
Contacted, sand lifter Hasanul Karim refuted the allegation of extracting sand from near the bridge.
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