Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Md Shahab Uddin on Saturday said an elephant sanctuary will be built in the Garo hills area of Sherpur to eradicate the attacks of wild elephants on humans.
"Sometimes, a group of wild elephants come down on the croplands here from the hills for searching of food and attack local farmers or people as they try to chase away the elephants to protect their cropfields. I do not want to see that again in the region," he said.
The minister said this while speaking at a function on the inauguration of "Tree plantation drive and tree fair" in the DC Park area of the town.
With Additional Deputy Commissioner Muktadirul Alam in the chair, the function was addressed, among others, by Jatiya Sangsad Whip Md Atiur Rahman Atik, Zila Parishad Chairman Humayun Kabir Ruman and forest official Gobinda Rai.
Shahab Uddin further said, “If we want to save our biodiversity, we must protect our forest.”
He urged all not to destroy forests for maintaining the chain of biodiversity.
A total of 44 stalls have been set up at the fair.
