Land grabbers gobbling up Rupnagar main canal
Due to a lax rescue effort by the authorities, land grabbers are filling up the Rupnagar main canal at Pallabi by constructing road and tin-shed houses across the canal. This unauthorised grabbing of the canal has worried locals as they fear the area would be waterlogged permanently if the canal is blocked in such a way. The natural canal carries sewages and stormwater of West Shewrapara, Kazipara, Monipur, Mirpur Section 2 and Rupnagar residential areas, Duaripara and Alokdi villages, and discharges them into the river Turag.