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Meeting were held at the mosque after the Jumma prayer, with Mukti telling of the ill-effects the brothel were having on the area. Local imam, Maulana Ashrafuzzaman Kashemi, was made vice-president to try and get the local Muslim community behind the campaign. He set up the Oshamajik Karjokolap Protirodh Committee (the unsocial activities prevention committee) with the intent of turning public opinion against the brothel. It was alleged that Mukti wanted to build a market on the land. Municipality Mayor Shahidur Rahman Khan Mukti was behind a plot to evict the sex workers in 2014. Further unsuccessful attempts were made by the committee to close the area in 20. A few days later the High Court prohibited eviction of the sex workers without proper rehabilitation. Clashes broke out between the two factions, during which 14 people were injured. A local citizen's committee opposed the closure without rehabilitation of the sex workers. In October 2006, the 'Brothel Eviction Committee', led by the then Tangail Municipality chairman, Jamilur Rahman, and composed of local citizens and clerics, tried to close the area.

By 2014 the whole area was in private ownership, 39 plots belonging to sex workers and the remaining 10 lots all belonging to men.

Over time, various parts of the 3 acre area were sold to private owners. The village was originally built on land owned by the local zamindar Santosh, during the British colonial era. Charities reported in 2012 that 90% of the sex workers were taking the steroid. They take it to put on weight and obtain a fuller figure that clients prefer. The use of the steroid Oradexon is widespread amongst the sex workers. The cooperative is a self-help group that aims to improve social, legal and human rights. A cooperative named Nari Mukti Sangha was set up by the sex workers in 2005. In order to take up prostitution as a profession, a woman must submit an affidavit stating that they have chosen prostitution as their profession by choice and that they are unable to find another occupation. One study found over 50% of the prostitutes were in debt, or had been in debt, to a madam. Due to stigmatisation outside the brothel area many choose to stay.

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This may take 1–5 years, and once the debt is paid off they are free to leave. These 'bonded girls' are indebted to a madam and are unable to go out of the house or keep any of the money they earn until the debt is paid off. Many 12-14-year-old girl come to Kandapara from poor families or are trafficked from various countries in southeast Asia including Nepal. The actual number may be higher as the area has many underage prostitutes and their presence is usually hidden by their mothers or the madams who they work for. Kandapara has a total of about 600 houses where between 900 and 1,200 sex workers live.