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'Most of 40 lakh acres khas land illegally occupied'

Speakers say that 3 crore landless can be rehabilitated with land if properly distributed

Staff Correspondent
Most of the 40 lakh acres of Khas land in the country, illegally occupied by the influential quarters, could provide some three crore landless people with a piece of land if properly distributed, speakers said at a view sharingmeetingyesterday.
Lack of proper implementation of laws and corruption in administration are causing the landless people to remain deprived of khas land
Samata, an NGO organised the meeting on 'Speeding up die Process of Khas Land Distribution among the Landless Poor for Poverty Reduction' at Biam auditorium in the city.
The speakers sought cooperation between the government and nongovernment organisations fin this regard. , . .
', They also talker! abnmfhpryjct ion of the indigenous people from their land and recommended activating Khas Land Management and Settlement Committee.
" The landless people who are directly involved with agricultural production must enjoy the rights of land. Il is essential to provide them with khas land to increase production," said Principle Secretary to the Prime Minister's Office Dr Kamal Uddin Siddiqui.
He also underscored the need for organising the landless people and cooperation from the NGOs.
Secretary In-charge of Land Ministry Muhammad Abdul Alim Khan said although law exists, there is corruption in land management, which is a very complexobject.
The landless people should be seitled permanency along with an intorne source, hewL
Proper implementation of law. comnlete^tftvey^ the khas land, transparency in kind record and
distribution of the khas land among the landless after recovering from ihe grabbers are necessary, die speaker pointed out at the meeting.
They also urged the need for starting CLO system to protect the land from the grabbers. Eviction of the indigenous people from their land should be stopped immediately, they said.
The meeting was also participated by Department of Land Record and Survey Director General Mohammad Abu Haider Shardar, Charge Officer Moshiar Rahman, Deputy Secretaryof Ministry of Lind Abdul Hamid, Director of Federation of the NGOs in Bangladesh Tajul Islam, Samata DirectorSohel IbnAli.
Samata Director (Programme) Md Sarwar Alarn presented the Keynote ■ Paper. NflKSSS'V-
Reprepqii.nuives from donor, agency DF|D and different NGUs^ were also present.