Statesman News Service
MALDA, 29 APRIL: Malda district magistrate Mr Sridhar Ghosh today asked the district SP to demolish eight illegal brick kilns in Kaliachak-II block area.
The district administration has decided to launch demolition drive against the unauthorised brick kilns following complaints from mango-growers.
Smoke from burning brick kilns has badly affected production of mangoes in several villages – Meghutola, Bangitola, and Panchanandapur – since February this year.
The additional district magistrate (land reforms), Mr K N Dew, today sent a letter to the SP from the Malda DM asking the police to demolish illegal brick kilns.
“In Kaliachak-II eight brick kilns were set up without permission from our department. So we have decided to demolish all these unauthorised brick kilns”, he said.
“We cannot take any action against them as local mango-growers do not lodge any complaint against them”, said Mr Dew.
Malda SP, Mr Bhuban Mandal, said: “Whenever I shall get the list of the unauthorized brick kilns from the district magistrate I will ask the concerned police station to launch demolition drive against them”.
Mango-growers had alleged that despite instructions from the local block development officer of the Kaliachak-II the local police station had not taken proper action against the illegal brick kiln owners.
On 22 and 23 April several mango-growers had met the district horticulture officials and the ADM demanding administrative action against the brick kilns which had already damaged huge quantum of young mangoes.
Young mangoes fell off branches due to black tip disease because of an excess of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide in the surrounding atmosphere.
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