Dhaka, May 24 -- Without a lease, a festival of illegal sand extraction has started in Companiganj on the border of Sylhet. A local political syndicate is involved in this sand extraction. This syndicate includes some local leaders from the fallen Awami League, BNP and Jamaat.This organized group has so far extracted sand worth crores of taka and stockpiled it on both banks of the Piain River. They are illegally extracting sand from areas outside the lease by installing sand and environmentally destructive bomb machines in the river. However, the Upazila Administration is silent about stopping this extraction. Even the extracted sand has not been taken any action. If the sand was seized, not only would the government's revenue be ensured, b...