Mymensingh char people continue protest
Thousands of char people yesterday blocked a road demanding removal of their farmlands and homesteads from the acquisition list of land to be acquired for development work.
The people, including women and children, blocked the Shambhuganj-Paranganj road in Joybangla Bazar area under Char Sirta Union of Sadar upazila.
They lay down on the road and blocked it with logs as part of their programme that continued for two hours from 1:30pm, locals said.
The local administration has made a list of 4,300 acres of land for infrastructure development of Mymensingh division.
The proposed acquisition area includes vast tracts of farmland and household areas in Char Anandipur, Char Gobindapur, Char Ishwardia, Char Bhawanipur, Char Durgapur, Char Jelkhana and Char Laxmir Algi in Sadar upazila.
There are around 20,000 families in the listed areas, and most of them are small and marginal farmers and sharecroppers, locals said.
They submitted memorandums to Religious Affairs Minister Principal Motiur Rahman and Mymensingh Deputy Commissioner in this regard.
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