4 more graveyards to be set up in city

The project will be implemented as per instruction of Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, Mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka told the news agency.

The government has undertaken this project on a priority basis in view of the increasing population of the city, he said.

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DCC sources said the four graveyards would be developed in the adjacent areas of Hazaribag flood control embankment, in the areas behind the Mirpur Zoo, Aftabnagar triangle under Badda thana and Saidabad-Matuail area under Demra thana.