Ruling party men build market grabbing government land

Locals said a portion of a pond in the area had been filled for making Eidga filed. But recently some local influentials of ruling party set up 22 shops on the land illegally. Nobody came to resist them as they are influentials in the area, alleged the loals. Recently local people urged the Prime Minister through a daily newspaper to recover the land from the illegal occupied. They said the pond on three bighas land was the main source of water for household chores in the area. After filling with sand , the people of the area have to face a critical situation for want of drinking water. The people in the area also used the water for bath. Now they have to go a long distance as there is no large pond nearby their houses. The pond was situated in industrial area. If there was any incident of fire, the firefighters can get water from the pond easily, now they have also face tough situation to douse fire. Faisal Ahmed , a word councilor in the area , said he was not concern about the incident. The people also had decided for making an eidgah on the khasland, said Faisal. Alauddin Chowdhury, president of the eidgah committee, said they did not make eidgah on the Khas land. We use a land of a school for eid. But we did not use the land of pond. When contacted, SM Alam, deputy comissioner, said If anybody tried to build up  any establishbment on the khs, of course he would get punishment.