Railways Minister M Mazibul Haque on Saturday said various persons/organisations have grabbed some 4,391.39 acres of land owned by Bangladesh Railway (BR) across the country.
“The BR has 61,820.97 acres of land, of which, 4,391.39 acres are grabbed by various persons/organisations,” the minister said while replying to a question from treasury bench member Begum Pinu Khan in the House.
The minister said some 12,960.41 acres of land owned by the railway remain unused, adding, “We are evicting illegal structures, infrastructures and grabbers from the BR lands in phases.”
He said Bangladesh Railway has recovered 83.25 acres of land in both zones since July 2015 to May 2016 and constructed 5.564 kilometres fence in the eastern zone and 0.702 kilometres in the western zone.
Besides, the BR authorities planted 9,000 trees of different varieties and 23,177 flower plants for decoration in the eastern zone while 3,000 trees were planted in the western zone, Mazibul Haque informed the House.
