Farmers block road
Hundreds of farmers of Moheshpur upazila blocked Moheshpur-Khalishpur road protesting acquiring of cropland for building a regional battalion headquarters of BDR in Khalishpur area. As soon as the survey team reached the spot, they blocked the road for two hours from 10:00am. Several hundred vehicles remained stranded on both sides of the road. ADC (revenue) Probir Kumar Chakrabarty told this correspondent that a proposal has been made for regional BDR headquarters in Khalishpur area. It will need 25 acres of land for the purpose. As the proposed area has 11 acres of khas land, they need more 14 acres land for the purpose.
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