Dhaka, Aug. 25 -- The High Court (HC) Division has directed the preparation of a comprehensive master plan to conserve and manage 17 stone quarries in Sylhet and Bandarban as sustainable eco-tourism zones.
The Court issued a rule seeking explanations from the relevant authorities on why the continued destructive and illegal extraction from seven quarries in Sylhet-Jaflong, Shah Arefin Tila, Bholaganj, Utmachara, Sreepur, Bichnakandi, and Lovachara-and ten quarries in Bandarban's Jhiri-Chhara area should not be declared unconstitutional, unauthorised, and against public interest.
The bench also asked why these quarries should not be designated as ecologically critical areas, and why legal action and recovery of compensation should not be i...