BSS, Dhaka :
Land Minister Shamsur Rahman Sharif told the Jatiya Sangsad that the number of landless families is 15,08,876 in the country.
There is a total 15,08,876 landless families across the country, according to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics data in 2008, he said on Wednesday replying to a question from treasury bench member Didarul Alam in the House.
Presently the government is also collecting the number of landless families on district wise through deputy commissioners, the minister added.
Replying to another question from Mahfuzur Rahman, Sharif informed the House
that the data collection on landless families in Chittagong district is about to
end. The ministry asked all officials concerned across the country to send
elaborate information on landless and homeless families.
In this regard, the ministry sent a letter to Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) of
Swandip for providing list of landless families in the island, he said.
On another question from Begum Pinu Khan, the minister informed the House that
some 9,508.744 acres of land is lying as khas Dohar and Nababganj upazilas in
Dhaka district, of which 4,144.50 acres are agricultural and 5,364.244 acres
non-agriculture.
He said the government is conducting regular programme to recover khas land
from illegal occupation.
