The Dhaka Times Desk All of a sudden there is a rush to build mud houses on both sides of the road in Kaliakore of Gazipur. These lands will be acquired for the Dhaka-Tangail highway four-lane project, as a result of which there has been such a rush to build houses in the area around that road.
The government will acquire land for roads, in this case it will pay separately for the land only and if there is a residential house on that land then it will be paid separately. As a result, there is a sudden initiative to build a house on the side of the road. In many cases, numerous houses have been seen coming up on roadside agricultural land as well. Similarly, Ishwardi dual (double) railway line project has been taken up by the Railways from Joydevpur. In the land that may be acquired for this project, construction of houses has also started in the hope of additional compensation. In Mirzapur of Tangail, the owners of the land next to the railway line are already constructing several houses.
Land acquisition for government development work is not new. However, in the opportunity of land acquisition, a group is trying to understand the additional value than the actual price of the land. And some officials in the government are directly helping in this regard Claims a media. The government officials engaged in the survey are also playing a role in not appearing in the list of victims due to the acquisition of land for government projects.
It should be noted that the government has allocated Tk 125 crore for the acquisition of land for the Dhaka-Tangail four-lane project. The acquisition of these lands will start soon. The Ministry of Communications has decided to acquire about 88 acres of land in Gazipur and Tangail districts to make the Dhaka-Tangail highway four lanes. Of this, about 10 and a half acres will be in Kaliakair upazila of Gazipur. And the feasibility study of the new railway line construction project from Joydevpur to Ishwardi is going on. There too, the budget for the acquisition will be given within a few days.
It has been seen that these houses have been constructed with the help of some kind of light cement and bamboo masonry. Apart from that, no one lives in these houses. All these houses are built just to show people.
In this regard, the Deputy Commissioner of Gazipur said, "If someone builds a house on his own land, no one can stop him!" But it is the main reason behind the rise of these houses is more money! Because they know that when the government acquires land, it will give a different price for the land and a different price for the house.”
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