Railway evicts 900 illegal installations in Rajshahi

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RAJSHAHI, March 21, 2019 (BSS)- West Zone of Bangladesh Railway (BR) has
evicted at least 900 illegal occupants in Rajshahi city in last two days.

According to the officials concerned, the BR West Zone has started the
eviction drive here from Tuesday last in order to free its land from illegal
occupations.

“We have cleared our lands through removing around 900 illegal
installations both thatched and concrete at adjacent to Rajshahi Court and
Rajshahi University stations in last two days,” said Younus Ali, Estate
Officer of the zone, while talking to BSS here today.

He said: “We have launched the eviction drive as per our prior
announcement”.

Earlier on March 12, people of the area were urged to free the lands before
March 19 through a mass-notice and also using loudspeaker, Younus Ali added.

In phases, all the illegal occupations will be removed along with railway
track as the government has strict directions of recovering the public lands
from unauthorized occupations, he mentioned.

After recovering the lands, there is a plan of constructing walkway beside
the railway track on safest distance in the city area. Rajshahi City
Corporation has also consent to this end.