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RECOVERY-RAILWAY-ASSET
Railway asset to be recovered from illegal occupants
DHAKA, Jan 11, 2020 (BSS) – Railway Minister M Nurul Islam Sujan today
said assets specially lands of railway will be recovered from the illegal
occupants offsetting their influence or power.
“Whoever the land-grabbers are, lands of railway will be recovered without
considering their influence and power… And those recovered lands will be
used for the development of the railway sector,” he said.
He was speaking as the chief guest at a programme at Chattogram Railway
Officers’ Club organised by railway officials, said a press release.
Former MP Mahfuzul Huq Chowdhury presided over the programme.
Sujan said the ministry is trying to build a railway system similar to
that of a developed country, he said, adding the stations are also being
modernised.
The minister said the work of Akhaura-Laksam-Chittagong line is underway.
Additional Secretary of the ministry M Mojibur Rahman and Director General
Md Nasir Uddin were present, among others.
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