Banned ‘China Duari’ nets have been set on fire in Kotalipara, Gopalganj.
The nets were burned on Sunday afternoon (September 13) at the grounds of the Upazila Freedom Fighter Memorial Plaque and the Shilpakala Academy. Present at the event were Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Saif Ul Arefin, Senior Upazila Fisheries Officer Shahjahan Siraj, Sub-Assistant Engineer of the Department of Public Health Engineering Abdur Rahman Rehan, Upazila Food Controller Bishnupada Roy, and Radhaganj Union Parishad Chairman Bhim Chandra Bagchi. While the nets were being burned, UNO Saif Ul Arefin stated that operations to seize illegal China Duari nets in Kotalipara are ongoing. As part of this initiative, 40 nets recovered from various water bodies in Amtali Union were burned today.
Earlier, members of the village police had recovered these 40 China Duari nets from various water bodies within Amtali Union.