Press Release
Md. Iqbal Kabir
Today (15 February, 2010) a Division Bench of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh comprising of Mr. Justice Syed Mahmood Hossain and Mr. Justice A.T.M. Fazle Kabir, has directed the respondents to take effective measures to prevent forced flow of saline water by the shrimp cultivators in the 217,000 hectres (17% of total forests of the country) of agricultural lands of coastal districts of Khulna, Satkhira, Bagerhat, Noakhali and Cox’sbazar.
The direction came from a writ petition (writ petition No. 57 of 2010) filed by Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA) and Nijera Kori to stop saline water commercial shrimp cultivation in the agricultural lands and forest lands of the coastal districts of Khulna, Satkhira, Bagerhat, Noakhali and Cox’sbazar and also of Chakaria Sunderban and Sonadia islands.
On behalf of BELA and Nijera Kori, Advocates Probir Niogi, Syeda Rizwana Hasan and M. Iqbal Kabir appeared before the Court.