President Abdul Hamid asked all concerned to come forward to protect the resources and environmental balance of the haor area. He said this while exchanging views with eminent persons of different classes and professions including the people's representatives of Itna upazila of Kishoreganj this evening. In an exchange of views held at the President Abdul Hamid Auditorium in Itna in the evening, the President said that the canals and rivers in the haor area are gradually filling up due to sand coming along the upstream slope. This is destroying the ecological balance of the haor area as well as the livelihood of the people. READ: President visits development projects in Kishoreganj Mentioning hoars as unique natural resources in Bangladesh, President Hamid said the environment issue should be given priority in any development project in the Haor area. Local MP Rezwan Ahmed Tawfiq was present at the time.

President Abdul Hamid reached his ancestral village Kamalpur in Mithamoin Upazila of Kishoreganj district on Friday, the first day of his seven-day tour of the area to visit several development projects and exchance views with local elite. He was flown here by a Bangladesh Air Force helicopter on his first visit to the district since the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic  in Bangaldesh nearly two years ago. Read:Humayun Rasheed Choudhury’s role in protecting Bangabandhu’s daughters unforgettable: President Later, he went to new dak bungalow of the district parishad where he was given a Guard of Honour. Also on Friday, he visited a under-constriction bridge - Gora utra in the upazila. The365-metre bridge, being built at a cost of Tk 43 crore, will connect the haors with Upazila Sadar contributing to the area's socio-economic development, President's press secretary Jaynal Abedin said. Read:President asks industrialists to take care of environment while setting up industries The President will return to Bangabhaban on November 18, he said.