155 acres of illegally occupied forest industries' land reclaimed following special directive
Under the special directive of Syeda Rizwana Hasan, adviser to the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change, 155.09 acres of land belonging to the Bangladesh Forest Industries Development Corporation (BFIDC) have been reclaimed from illegal occupation.
BFIDC Chairman Md Nasir Uddin Ahmed said the recovery of these lands was made possible through the cooperation of various law enforcement agencies.
"Efforts are now underway to establish rubber plantations on the reclaimed land, and similar recovery operations are expected to continue in the future," he added.
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In the Chattogram zone, the reclaimed land includes 16 acres from the Ramu Rubber Estate, 61 acres from the Rauzan Rubber Estate, 1.5 acres from the Haldia Rubber Estate, 0.1 acres from the Dantmara Rubber Estate, and 11 acres from the Rauzan-Rangunia Rubber Estate.
Additionally, 23.74 acres were recovered from the Rupaichhara Rubber Estate in the Sylhet zone.
Earlier, 10 acres from the Dabua Rubber Estate, 13 acres from the Kanchannagar Rubber Estate, and 18.75 acres from the Rangamatia Rubber Estate were reclaimed.
