, June 16 -- Power connections to 25 stone crushers in Dhopagul area of Sadar upazila in Sylhet district have been severed.

A taskforce committee conducted the drive on Monday, two days after the incident of blocking the motorcade of two government advisers in protest against the decision to permanently ban stone extraction leases in Sylhet's Jaflong area.

The taskforce committee, comprising police, Rab and Army personnel, led by Merina Debnath, senior assistant commissioner and executive magistrate of the Sylhet, conducted the drive from 11 am to 3 pm.

Magistrate Merina said the operation would continue.

Earlier on Saturday, Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan and Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Adviser Muhammad Fouzul Kabir ...