page_title: Jaflong
section_title: Stone crushing
hierarchical_section_title: Jaflong / Stone crushing
caption_attribution_description: Hundreds of workers are used to extract stone from the bed of the Goyain River at Jaflong, Bangladesh. The hills of Meghalaya, India, visible in the background, are the original source of this material.
context_page_description: Jaflong is a hill station and tourist destination in the Division of Sylhet, Bangladesh. It is located in Gowainghat Upazila of Sylhet District and situated at the border between Bangladesh and the Indian state of Meghalaya, overshadowed by subtropical mountains and rainforests. It is known for its stone collections and is home of the Khasi tribe.
context_section_description: The land grabbers occupied government khas land and reserved forestland and extracted stone by cutting small hills polluting the environment of Jaflong. They also established crushing mills on the forestland without permission from government.
caption: Stone extraction from the bed of the Goyain River at Jaflong
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