Almost one year into the inauguration of a new Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Battalion [Battalion 50] the government is now going to set up a cantonment at Ramu Upazila of Cox’s Bazar district near the Bay of Bengal.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also defence minister of the country, has already approved the proposal for the cantonment.
Around 1800 acres of land known as reserved forest of the forest department is now under process of being transformed into a non-reserved area.
Chief Conservator of the Forest Department Yunus Ali has confirmed the initiative to set up a new cantonment at Ramu.
“There is an army unit at Ramu and it will be converted into a full-fledged cantonment,” Yunus Ali said adding that it is under process at the ministry level.
As an initial step on Wednesday the Environment Ministry issued a gazette that says: “A fter the notification the said area selected for cantonment will no more be considered as reserved forest.
According to the gazette notification signed by Forest Secretary Md Shafiqure Rahman Patwari of the total 1788.98 acres of forest land 1180 acres of Rajarkul Mouza, 264.55 acres of Khuniyapalang Mouza and 344.43 acres of Umakhali Mouza will be considered as no-reserved area.
The land selected for setting up a new cantonment has been marked as reserved forest since the British colonial rule.
