Govt to return 1,385 acres of city land to owners
The government has decided to return 1,385 acres of land in the capital to their owners, Land Minister Shamsur Rahman Sherif said yesterday.
The government will soon issue a gazette notification for returning the land, which it had acquired earlier, he told a press conference at his office.
The land is situated in Badda, Zoar Sahara, Ulun, Bhatara, Bhola and Shuti Bhola, Mohakhali, Karail and Lala Sarail mouzas.
"The government acquired 2,760 acres of land in 1961 in these mouzas," the minister said, adding that the government would also take effective steps soon so the landowners could complete mutation and pay taxes of their land.
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