Locals allege that the administration is sitting idle. Filling up the river bank without permission from the Department of Environment is a criminal offence, yet the company has already filled up around eight acres of the river bank and adjacent low-lying land claiming that it is their land. Meanwhile, a team of the National River Conservation Commission (NRCC) yesterday visited the spot and asked the APSCL to stop filling up the river. "We will submit a report after verifying the land documents and talking to all related government agencies. However, river is the main priority of the NRCC. So, we will see whether they [APSCL] are hampering the flow of the river or not," said Md Shafiullah, deputy chief hydrologist of the NRCC, after visiting the spot.