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Policy for rehabilitating land acquisition victims underway: Land Secy
DHAKA, Oct 24, 2019 (BSS) – The government is formulating a policy for
rehabilitation people affected by land acquisition aiming at reinforcing and
modernizing the land acquisition activities across the country.
Land Secretary M Maksudur Rahman Patwary said this as the chief guest
while attending a workshop before finalising the policy at the Ministry’s
conference room here today.
“There was no legal provision for the resettlement of people affected by
the land acquisition under the previous acquisition law and ordinance, said
the land secretary, adding the government is formulating policy as per
subsection 4 of section 9 of the ‘Immovable Property Lease and Acquisition
Act-2017.”
Necessary measures can be taken to rehabilitate the displaced people due
to land acquisition in a specified manner, apart from the compensation
payment mentioned in this section, said the secretary citing the subsection
of the act.
The land secretary instructed the officials participating in the workshop
to work better at inspecting the field-level office and ensure follow-up
measures thereafter, making public hearing, paying compensation with due
transparency and properly collecting land revenue.
The ministry is regularly monitoring the complaints received in the land
service hotline number 16122, he told the workshop.
Additional secretary Md Siraj Uddin Ahmed chaired the workshop while other
ministry officials including Dhaka Divisional Commissioner Mohammad Zainul
Bari attended the workshop.
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