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July
25, 2000
Moulvibazar,
July 24 (UNB) – Despite availability of huge silica sand on the
banks of rivers and streams glass industry is not growing up in the
district due to lack of entrepreneurs.
Sources
said silica sand is available on about 16km area in Srimongol upazila
of the district.
Besides,
it comes into the district along with rolling stone through the waters
of at least 350 streams and rivers from the border areas of Indian
State
of Tripura.
Experts
said the silica is used as raw material for making glass and various
goods including bulb and toys.
It
has also demand in medicine, soap industries and in the computer era
for making silicon chip, they added.
It
is also said that the silica sand of the area is better than the
imported one, which is being used in producing glass in Dhaka and
Chittagong.
Huge
quantity of glass including jar, bottle, lenses being used in the
country is imported from abroad spending crores of taka.
But
the experts alleged that the valuable silica sand of the area is being
used in unproductive purposes like filling up the ditches and ponds.
A
section of officials of District Administration has given lease of the
land at throwaway price from where silica sands are being sent to
various parts of the country by truck everyday.
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