A leader of the Homestead and Graveyard Protection Committee speaks at the press conference in Mymensingh Saturday DHAKA TRIBUNE
The local administration had cancelled the first list of 1,220 acres of land, but later prepared another which will affect some 60,000 people, 28,000 households, 475 family graveyards, six public graveyards, 30 primary schools, three high schools, 47 mosques, four temples, six Eidgah grounds and other establishments.
The speakers claimed that they had repeatedly asked the government to work corresponding with the first list, but to no avail.
As the lands are on the acquisition list, people of these areas cannot sell their lands even for urgent reasons including helping treatment for dying patients, they added.
The authorities in December decided to assess the possibility of removing much-populated area from the new list. But the process has not been completed.
Prof Syed Mosharraf Hossain, convener of the committee, and Emdadul Haque Millat, CPB district unit secretary, and Faijur Rahman Fakir, former sadar upazila chairman, were present at the programme.From a press conference on Saturday, they demanded revision of the plan acquisition plan covering seven villages for divisional infrastructural development.
Leaders of Homestead and Graveyard Protection Committee made the demands at the Mymensingh Press Club while supporting development activities under the newly-declared division. They launched the movement four months ago.
According to the locals, it would be a gross violation of human rights if the lands of the small and marginal farmers and sharecroppers are acquired.
Vast tracts of farmland and households in Char Anandipur, Char Gobindapur, Char Ishwardia, Char Bhawanipur, Char Durgapur, Char Jelkhana and Char Lakshmir Algi of the upazila are on the list.
The speakers suggested that the government land and those left abandoned on both sides of the Brahmaputra River be used for the development projects.
A leader of the Homestead and Graveyard Protection Committee speaks at the press conference in Mymensingh Saturday DHAKA TRIBUNE
The local administration had cancelled the first list of 1,220 acres of land, but later prepared another which will affect some 60,000 people, 28,000 households, 475 family graveyards, six public graveyards, 30 primary schools, three high schools, 47 mosques, four temples, six Eidgah grounds and other establishments.
The speakers claimed that they had repeatedly asked the government to work corresponding with the first list, but to no avail.
As the lands are on the acquisition list, people of these areas cannot sell their lands even for urgent reasons including helping treatment for dying patients, they added.
The authorities in December decided to assess the possibility of removing much-populated area from the new list. But the process has not been completed.
Prof Syed Mosharraf Hossain, convener of the committee, and Emdadul Haque Millat, CPB district unit secretary, and Faijur Rahman Fakir, former sadar upazila chairman, were present at the programme.
A leader of the Homestead and Graveyard Protection Committee speaks at the press conference in Mymensingh Saturday DHAKA TRIBUNE
The local administration had cancelled the first list of 1,220 acres of land, but later prepared another which will affect some 60,000 people, 28,000 households, 475 family graveyards, six public graveyards, 30 primary schools, three high schools, 47 mosques, four temples, six Eidgah grounds and other establishments.
The speakers claimed that they had repeatedly asked the government to work corresponding with the first list, but to no avail.
As the lands are on the acquisition list, people of these areas cannot sell their lands even for urgent reasons including helping treatment for dying patients, they added.
The authorities in December decided to assess the possibility of removing much-populated area from the new list. But the process has not been completed.
Prof Syed Mosharraf Hossain, convener of the committee, and Emdadul Haque Millat, CPB district unit secretary, and Faijur Rahman Fakir, former sadar upazila chairman, were present at the programme.