Rajdhani Unnayan Katripakkha (Rajuk) would compensate people who lost their assets because of the ongoing construction work of its “Purbachal New Town Project,” said Housing and Public Works Minister Mosharraf Hossain.
He made the remark while a visit to the project’s construction site in Borokau and Parabartha areas under Kaliganj in Gazipur.
Rajuk would construct a number of high-rise buildings inside the project area to accommodate around 62,000 residents, he said.
The minister said none of the victims would go unaddressed by the rehabilitation programme adding that most of them had already been allotted plots.
“The construction work of the project would be finished within next five years. The government has given emphasis on protection of environment during construction. The rivers and wetlands would be protected inside the 6,150 acres of project area,” he said.
Quoting the minister, the ministry’s Senior Information Officer SM Golam Kibria said forests situated inside the area would remain untouched. Moreover new tree plantation programmes would be launched. In April last year, the High Court directed Rajuk not to cut any tree in its Purbachal housing project area till further notice.
The court passed the order after hearing a petition which claimed that Rajuk has been chopping trees from some areas in Kaliganj for the housing project without any clearance from the Department of Environment.
The minister visited the six-kilometer road under construction connecting Madani Avenue under Baridhara to the eastern part of the Balu River.