Sylhet district council recovers Tk 1.5 cr land

About 1.5 crore taka worth of encroached land owned by Sylhet District Council has been recovered.

This eviction drive was conducted under the leadership of District Council Administrator Abul Kaher Chowdhury Shamim in Salutikar Bazar of Gowainghat Upazila of Sylhet on Thursday.

According to the sources of the drive, about 30 hundred hectares of land under JL No. 162 and plots No. 472, 474 and 755 of Khatian No. 2 of Salutikar Mouza had been in illegal occupation for a long time.

Without a lease, some people had illegally built shops and occupied the roundabouts of the road and set up some more shops and were doing business there. In addition, a CNG stand and a mini pick-up stand were illegally built there.

On Thursday, in this drive of the District Council, a total of 7 illegally built shops and two stands were evicted, the land was completely liberated and the District Council took possession of it and fenced with barbed wire.

The Assistant Commissioner (Land) of Gowainghat performed the magisterial duty in collaboration with the law enforcement agencies in the eviction drive.

During the drive, the Deputy Assistant Engineer of the District Council, Administrative Officer, Surveyor, Private Secretary to the Administrator, along with officials and employees of the District Council and local dignitaries were present.

District Council Administrator Abul Kaher Chowdhury Shamim said that the District Council has taken the initiative to build a modern “Farmers’ Market” market building for farmers on this recovered land.

The main goal and objective of the construction of this market is to reduce the violence of middlemen and provide farmers with the opportunity to sell their produce directly to the consumers at a fair price. The construction work of the market will start soon.

He further said that such operations of the District Council will continue in the future to protect government assets and against illegal encroachment.