As per the special directives of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan, 155.09 acres of land belonging to the Bangladesh Forest Industries Development Corporation (BFIDC) have been recovered from illegal occupation.
In the Chittagong zone, 16 acres of land were recovered from the Ramu Rubber Estate, 61 acres from the Rauzan Rubber Estate, 1.5 acres from the Haldia Rubber Estate, 0.1 acres from the Dantmara Rubber Estate, and 11 acres from the Rauzan-Rangunia Rubber Estate.
Additionally, 23.74 acres of land were recovered from the Rupaichhara Rubber Estate in the Sylhet zone.
Earlier, 10 acres were recovered from the Dabua Rubber Estate, 13 acres from the Kanchannagar Rubber Estate, and 18.75 acres from the Rangamatia Rubber Estate.
BFIDC Chairman Md Nasir Uddin Ahmed said these lands were recovered with the assistance of various law enforcement agencies.
Efforts are now underway to establish rubber plantations on the recovered land, and such land recovery operations will continue, he said.