The Vaol-Modhupur Shal forest of Bangladesh is going to extinct.

Occupied forest land, photo: Samakal

The Forests of Vaoal, Modhupur, locally called Vaoal-Modhupur “sal” forest, very near from Dhaka, Bangladesh; are declining for the aggression of Industries & Capitalists. Many industries have been constructed and functioned in the forest. A lot of people are working there and polluting the forests. Already tigers, bears, deer and other animals have been extinct from the forest.

Traditionally “sal” forests used to cover vast areas in the centre and east of Bangladesh. In addtion to the “sal” trees (Shorea robusta) which constitue 70 to 75% of the forest composition, this type of forest includes several valuable tree and herbaceous species like the sungrass. Biological diversity in the “sal” forests is unique. Nevertheless, the Asian Development Bank has actively promoted the destruction of the “sal” forests by considering them of low productivity, thus financing projects for tree monoculture plantations using eucalyptus and rubber among other species. Nowadays the only big patch of “sal” forest standing is that of Modhupur. Most of the forest land has been denuded, degraded, and occupied by forestry companies or displaced people.

Most of the forest is now occupied by the leaders of Awami Leage and BNP, the 2 major devastating political parties of Bangladesh. In the last 2 decades, 2000 acres forest land have been destroyed by the leaders. The forest department of Bangladesh says that 60,000 acres area is “sal” forest land. But now only 6,900 acres area exists as forest land. All the influential powerful leaders destroyed the rest 53,000 acres forest in the last half century. A long report of the daily Samakal in 2 March, 2012 presents the critically endangered position of the forest.

But the policy of Bangladesh government is anti-forest. The local leaders intrude in the forest, grab lands, cut trees and kill animals. A report of a Bengali Daily the Kaler Kanthapresented in 2008 that 93 illegal land holder established industries in the forest. A lot of illegal saw-mills are functioning in the forest and cutting trees. Roads and highways are also a tremendous threat to the forest and its wild species. To save the Vaoal-Modhupur “sal” forest, it is necessary to take actions against the intruder and destroyer of the forest.

War against Biodiversity in Bangladesh.

The extinct Greater Adjutant of Bangladesh.

12,000 species exists in Bangladesh and many of them are now on the way of extinction. About 200 species of mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles had been extinct in the last 100 years. The actions taken by the govt. of Bangladesh make faster of their extinction. 10 illegal zoos of the country are killing species for their inexperience and lack of knowledge on wild animals. A famous daily, The Prothom-Alo reported in 27th January 2012, that the illegal collections, sells, marketing, smuggling and killing of species throughout the country are going tremendously. Moreover, the leaders of the present government are violating the laws and they established illegal zoos where critically endangered species are in threat, the report says.

killing of migratory birds. Photo by Shamakal

Killing of migratory birds is a common scenario in Bangladesh. Thousands of migratory birds visit the country and the people kill them for food or other purposes. But the administration doesn't take any action against the killers. Among 750 species of birds of the country, minimum 50 species extincted from the country and 400 species are in critically endangered position. In a report of another daily The Shamakal published that the local people of a district Vola are killing Migratory birds horribly.

Movements become the main policy of the left parties of the Indian subcontinent

The left politicians of the Indian sub-continent have been playing movement-movement game for a long time. From the very beginning of left politics in the subcontinent in 1921, the Communist Party of India tried to make a lot of movements, processions and protestations. In many movements, they had achieved a lot of success. But all their movements finally became futile when Indian National Congress and Muslim League, the two major reactionary terrorist political parties, take power in India and Pakistan.

In the last 60 years, hundreds of left parties in the sub-continent take part in a lot of movements, protestations, processions, rebellions, reformations; but they failed to create revolutions or to take the power of the states. Only the Communist party of Nepal (Maoist) took part in civil war and became the power exercise political party of Nepal.

The motto of the left politicians was not to achieve the power. Their motto was to create people’s awareness on their rights, awareness on socialism or communism, the necessity of independence, the necessity of movements etc. But actually the left politicians failed to establish their aims, aspirations, directions, purposes, destinations. Sometimes, they didn’t know what are their responsibilities and duties among the people.

Now-a-days their only duty is to make processions on a lot of contemporary problematic issues. In the last 30 years, the left leaders of Bangladesh have tried to make movements; and India or Pakistan’s scenario was not different from that.

The duty of a socialist or communist or leftist party is to revolt against Capitalism and create a socialist state. Their duty is to create a program on the basis of Marxism, Leninism, Maoism or on the basis of Communist Manifesto. But all the left-wing parties of the Indian subcontinent failed to present a Manifesto that would-be the solution of the problems of the state.

Indian and Bangladeshi left parties have no point-based programs on capturing power. The socialist or communist parties of Bangladesh don’t take any steps or programs to take the state power except two or three parties like Naxalites who tried a lot but failed. India also is facing the same problem, no new tactics.

The dogmatism, old writings & old comrades become the gods of the left parties. The old backdated thoughtless comrades are the flag-holder of the left parties. They are always uttering the same old dialogues and forgotten to create new movements. The party office is their business office. They earn their livelihood from the party and the property of the party. The leaders lost their aspirations for Revolution.