Decision to hand over land to RHD

The district administration at a meeting yesterday decided to hand over the one acre of land to Roads and Highways Department (RHD) that earlier they protected from the grabbers erecting a tin-shed fence.

They also took a decision to remove the tin-shed fence at the monthly law and order committee meeting at the deputy commissioner's office auditorium here.

Earlier, Manikganj district administration erected a tin-shed fence around one acre of government land in bus stand area on December 2 to protect the property from illegal encroachers.

After visiting the spot on December 3, Superintendent Engineer Sobuj Uddin (Dhaka Circle) asked the executive engineer to take necessary steps in this regards.

According to the superintendent engineer's directive, Mohibul Haque wrote to Manikganj deputy commissioner and superintendent of police on December 4 to take lawful steps to remove the fence.

Contacted, Manikganj Deputy Commissioner Rashida Ferdouse said the government is the owner of the land adding that she made the fence to save the property from grabbers.

Superintendent Engineer Sobuj Uddin said the RHD is the legal owner of the one acre land under Joyra mouza in Manikganj Sadar upazila.

Earlier, locals had grabbed the land by building a mosque and a three-storey market on it.

Claiming the ownership of the land Executive Engineer Mohibul Haque of Manikganj Roads and Highways Department (RHD) alleged that some local influential people also erected a fence around the land in a bid to grab it.

On June 26 this year, RHD freed the land by demolishing the illegal structures.

Meanwhile, Manikganj Additional District Magistrate Anjana Khanmajlish at the monthly meeting yesterday said they will remove the fence and hand over the property to RHD as soon as possible.