Golam Mustafa, Sirajganj correspondent: In the rush of Sirajganj, ponds were being excavated on a mass scale in three crop lands, ignoring the Land Crime Prevention and Remedies Act-2023. The illegal digging of ponds has come to an end with the concerted efforts of the upazila administration and the Thana police.

Meanwhile, Upazila Executive Officer and Executive Magistrate Switching Mong Marma and Police Inspector (OC Investigation) of Tarash Thana are praised for stopping the digging of illegal ponds. Nazmul Kader.

Abdur Razzak Raju, the convener of the Upazila Citizen Movement, said that illegal ponds have been being dug for the past decade in Tarash Upazila, which is known as a grain producer. As the digging of ponds has stopped, health has returned among the marginal farmers.

Siddiqur Rahman, Juran Ali and Chabed Ali, farmers of Madhavpur village of Tarash Sadar Union, said that the drainage canals are getting closed due to digging of illegal ponds everywhere. Waterlogging is occurring in agricultural fields. Cultivable fields are left uncultivated. Prajik farmers are becoming more marginalized by not being able to do chandraad.

Upazila Agricultural Officer Agriculturist. Abdullah Al Mamun said, the pond is increasing. But the agricultural land decreased by fourteen thousand nine hundred and