Two magistrates and a team of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) jawans conducted the drive with boats as part Sunamganj district administration's programme.

Two temporary police camps would also be set up in the haor area.

Despite declaration of Tanguar Haor a Ramsar site years ago, unscrupulous fishermen went on fishing here at random. As a result the plan for establishing a fish sanctuary here could not be fulfilled.

Besides, influentials were foiling a bid to lease out the water body by the government under the Ramsar programme for the last three years.

Influential groups with blessings from the ruling party had been plundering fish and other resources worth several crores of taka every year without legal authority.

Moreover, almost every year several murders are also committed in the vast haor area over fishing.