Locals and
syndicates are indiscriminately harvesting and selling snails throughout the
monsoon season at Dingaputa Haor in Mohongonj, Netrokona. The daily mass
collection threatens the haor’s natural balance and biodiversity.
Environmentalists
and concerned parties warned that the continued slaughter of snails will
severely damage the breeding and food chain of aquatic life.
Field
observations showed that the collection and sale of snails have continued in
various haors of the upazila...
