Rly recovers land grabbed by bus owners' association
Railway department yesterday demolished illegal structures erected on its 13.8 kathas of land near Chapainawabganj Railway Station and recovered the land grabbed by the district bus owners association.
Divisional Land Officer of Railway West Zone Kiron Chandra Roy and Executive Magistrate Subrato Pal jointly launched the drive in the morning.
Railway sources said the bus owners association leased 750 square feet land in 1990 to use it as a bus stand and renewed the lease until 1997. Then, the association did not renew the lease and grabbed more 250 square feet railway land, sources added.
Kiron Chandra Roy said the bus owners association grabbed 10,000 square feet land near the railway station and erected illegal structures on it.
The railway authorities lodged a general diary (GD) with Chapainawabganj Sadar Police Station and informed the deputy commissioner of the matter on September 20, he added.
Later, the authorities issued a notice to the district bus owners association, asking it to vacate the land as soon as possible, but the leaders of the association did not comply with the order, the land officer further said.
Contacted, Chapainawabganj District Bus Owners Association President AKM Lutfur Rahman Firoj said, “We prayed for extension of time to vacate the land, but the authorities concerned did not give us time to pack our stuff.”
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