Road damaged over land dispute
A former vice chairman of Bandarban Sadar upazila dug up bricks from a road that was built recently by Bandarban Hill District Council (BHDC) in Lemujiri area of the upazila.
BHDC constructed the road in 2017-18 fiscal year, spending around Tk 20 lakh, said Thowai Chaw Mong Marma, sub-assistant engineer of BHDC.
“Former vice chairman Jamal Chowdhury damaged the road and stole the bricks recently,” he said, adding, “We already filed a case with Bandarban Sadar Police Station, accusing the [former] vice chairman.”
Bandarban Sadar Police Station confirmed filing of the case.
Asked why Jamal Chowdhury would damage the road that belongs to BHDC, the engineer claimed ignorance and advised this correspondent to contact BHDC Chairman Kwe Shwe Hla for further details.
Despite making repeated calls on the BHDC chairman’s cellphone, this correspondent, however, was unable to reach him for his comments over the matter.
Contacted, Jamal Chowdhury said, “It made a mistake by digging the bricks up from the road.”
“I donated five decimals of [my] land to BHDC for [building] a hostel in 2014. But [instead], BHDC grabbed nearly 20 decimals of my land and constructed the hostel in the area for indigenous Kyang students.”
“I went to BHDC Chairman Kwe Shwe Hla several times [to discuss] the matter, but he insulted me without paying any compensation [to me]. Moreover, they constructed a road in the hostel area last year, damaging my land,” Jamal claimed.
The dormitory is still vacant as the indigenous students are not interested in staying there for its isolated location, said Thowai Chaw, the BHDC engineer.
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