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JS body for experts’ team to assess environmental damage in Cox’s Bazar
DHAKA, Oct 18, 2019 (BSS) – The Parliamentary Standing Committee on the
Environment, Forest and Climate Change Ministry today recommended conducting
an assessment through an expert team on the loss and damage of environment
and biodiversity for sheltering the forcibly displaced Rohingya population in
Cox’s Bazar.
The parliamentary watchdog came up with the recommendation at its eight
meeting held at Cox’s Bazar Deputy Commissioner’s conference room with its
chairman Saber Hossain Chowdhury in the chair.
Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Md Shahab Uddin and Deputy
Minister of the ministry Habibun Nahar were present at the meeting.
Other committee member: Jafar Alam, Md Rezaul Karim Bablu and Khodeja
Nasrin Akter were also present at the meeting, an official release said.
During the meeting, they discussed their visit to Rohingya camps in Ukia
and Teknaf, and the environmental loss as well as the damage occurred for
sheltering Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar.
They also suggested taking steps to supply safe water to Rohingya people.
The meeting was informed that about 8,000 acres of forest were affected by
Rohingyas, causing an environmental loss of over Tk 2,420 crore. The
parliamentary body also recommended submitting the details of the
achievements of Clean Air and Sustainable Environment (CASE) Project to its
next meeting.
Senior officials of the ministry, Bangladesh Parliament Secretariat, the
Department of Forest and the Department of Environment (DoE) were present.
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