Char people to continue movement
Rejecting the district administration's recent proposal for rehabilitation of the affected people by building a new city, hundreds of char people vowed to continue their peaceful movement until their demand for a fair acquisition list is not met.
The proposal is among many tricks of the administration to make their 'motivated' acquisition list a success, speakers said at a pre-iftar rally organised by Basatbhita Rokkha Committee at Char Gobindapur yesterday.
The char people have been living in the areas for centuries and they want to keep their homesteads and farmlands safe, they said.
Protesting the 'unfair' and 'motivated' land acquisition for development of Mymensingh division, thousands of char people have been continuing their movement for the last nine months.
Committee convener Prof Syed Mosharraf Hossain, Shahidul Islam, Abul Monsur, Dr Harun-ur-Rashid, Sadequl Islam Sabuj, Zillur Rahman Likhon and Golam Kibria spoke at the rally.
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