46 acres of govt land recovered
Patuakhali district administration during a drive against encroachers yesterday recovered over 46 acres of grabbed land along the Lohalia river at Lawkathi village in Sadar upazila of the district.
Patuakhali Deputy Commissioner (DC) Mohammad Matiul Islam Chowdhury led the drive while other district level government officials, including Additional Deputy Commissioner (Revenue) Mamunr Rashid, Sadar upazila Assistant Commissioner (Land) Sabikunnahar, were present during the three hour-long drive from 10:00am.
After recovering a total of 46.48 acres of land, the district administration later posted a signboard on the freed land.
Of the freed land, 41.32 acres are under Idrakpur Mouja while the rest 5.16 acres are under Lohalia Mouja.
Being informed that a section of local influential people grabbed a huge portion of river land and filled it with sand in a bid to build permanent structure there, local administration led by the DC conducted the drive.
Patuakhali DC Mohammad Matiul Islam Chowdhury said nobody is allowed to grab land on the river bank or any other waterbody.
“We will recover all the grabbed land from illegal occupiers at any cost,” the DC said, adding that they will continue such drives to free the river land.
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