The undeclared lockdown is going on in the country to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, and all activities have been stopped while the directives have also been directed to maintain physical distancing.
At the same time, the brick kilns of Kamalnagar in Lakshmipur are not following the instructions of the administration.
On Wednesday (April 1st) at noon, all the brickyards of the upazila including M/s Rahima Bricks, Madina Bricks, and 20,000 brickyards are working in the dust.
It is known that the district administration will also direct the closure of all brick kilns till April 4 through a notification from the district administration on Wednesday (March 25) in Naxal Lakshmipur across the country to prevent coronavirus.
The brick kilns are being visited on the ground, brick kiln owners closed the gate and bricks are being laid in the kiln workers.
Shahajan, a bricklayer worker Shahajan, said that they were sold to the kiln sailors for 6 months. If they do not work, they will have to be beaten and tortured, they cannot afford to return the money, so they have nothing to say about the corona virus, so they work on the stomach.
Some of the owners, who did not wish to be named, said that it is not possible to stop even with the government's instructions. It has invested a lot of money. Now if the work is stopped, it will be at a loss. When asked about the issue of distribution of safety goods to the workers, he said that the corona brick kiln will not be destroyed.
Meanwhile, Kamalnagar upazila executive officer did not know about the instructions to stop the brick kiln on behalf of the district administration. Mubarak Hossain.
He said that the poison of the brick kiln to stop the brick kiln due to the coronavirus has not been properly said to have been directed to close the government and private institutions, he said that he will take action after the district administrator has sent a notice to the upazila parishad.
In this regard, Deputy Commissioner Anjan Chandra Pal said, "All the upazila executive officials have been instructed to stop the brick kilns and legal action will be taken against those who do not follow the rules of home quarantine."