The High Court on Thursday directed the government to report by October 22 on the progress of investigating the Bholaganj white stone looting, identifying those responsible, and restoring the recovered stones to the riverbank.
THE luminous white stones of Sadapathar, glistening in the currents of the River Dhalai, have long been celebrated as a wonder of Sylhet. Tourists travel miles to marvel at this natural treasure, yet behind its beauty lies a thriving, often lawless, industry of stone and sand extraction. Along the Companiganj鈥揃holaganj highway, stone-crushing machines run ceaselessly...
The authorities on Wednesday began drives against the people responsible for widespread looting of stones from Sadapathar, a popular tourist spot, at Bholaganj under Companiganj upazila in Sylhet district...
THE ecological loss at the Sadapathar stone quarry in Sylhet is a case of a complete enforcement failure of all authorities. The largest stone quarry at Bholaganj, a wide, shallow section of the River Dholai with white stones, has been one of Sylhet鈥檚 most visited tourist spot for decades. But it now stands ruined, marked with muck and pits and the characteristic white stones...
Widespread looting of white stones by a politically connected unscrupulous group of people at Bholaganj of Companiganj upazila in Sylhet has destroyed the Sadapathar tourist spot.
