Dhaka, Nov. 26 -- Alam Sarowar Tito, Kishoreganj :

The greedy trend of illegal sand mining has continued in the country in a rampant way, inviting grave danger for both people, and nature.

Illegal sand dredging in the Meghna River in threatening the Ashuganj Thermal Power Station and a critical national gride power tower in the Bhairab -Ashuganj area.

An influential syndicate has been illegally extracting sand 24;hours a day from the area near the powerplant, for a long time, disregarding the rules and regulations.

Every day, several lakh cubic feet of sand is being extracted through 10-12 dredgers and sold in different parts of the country for huge profits.

Sand mining has threatened one of the country's largest power generation pla...