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PURBACHAL HOUSING PROJECT

Handing over of a few plots begins in March

Helemul Alam
The Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) will start handing over a small number of plots among the allottees in Purbachal New Town Project from March next year although its development work needs over three years to be completed.
We've done 80 percent earth filling and 35 percent other work so far in the Narayanganj part of the Purbachal housing project," said Project Director ABM Rafiqul Islam Khan.
"We'll start to transfer some plots from March 2009 as some areas will be developed by then," he added.
Development work is going on in 4,500 acres of land in the 6,150-acre Narayanganj portion,
which is divided into 30 sectors, he said.
Rajuk on Tuesday invited applications for about 6,000 plots in Kaliganj in Gazipur but has yet to invite applications from the Adibashi [living in the project area for long) and the affected people.
"We have invited applications for about 6,000 more plots [3 katha, 5 katha, 7.5 katha and 10 katha) in Purbachal as we won the legal battle on Sunday over 1,129 acres land in Kaliganj in Gazipur under the project," said Rajuk Chairman MdShafiqul Islam.
However, a good number of aspirant applicants could not get the application forms yesterday as Rajuk has not printed it yet. Officials say they will start form distribution from today.FROM PAGE 1
Rajuk yesterday also invited application for about 1,100 plots under Uttara third phase.
The applicants will have to collect the forms by December 17 and have to submit those by December 18.
People under 12 categories including MP, justice, journalist, civil servants, autonomous body, armed forces, art-iste/sportsperson, businessperson, private service holder and wage earner will be able to apply-
Rajuk in 2004 allotted about 15,500 plots under the Purbachal project in different categories including government and private sector employees, justice, journalists, expatriates and lawmakers.
It has so far allotted 2,823 plots for the affected people, says an official.
Rajuk had reserved 4,000 plots for the Adibashi and 1,000 for the affected. Of these, 2,823 plots have been allotted although 10,000 applications by the affected and Adibashi people were submitted in 2003-2004.
In the fresh application
Rajuk mentions that plots for Adibashi and the affected people would be given later.
Rajuk sources say the present caretaker administration is trying to allot the plots before the elected governmenttakes over.
Rajuk is also considering an increase in the price of plots by 25 percent, the sources add.
The rate of the plots is Tk 1.5 lakh for each 3-katha plot, Tk 1.65 lakh for each 5-katha plot, Tk 1.75 lakh for each 7.5-katha plot and Tk 2 lakh for a 10-katha plot, says a Rajuk official.
The Purbachal project is situated in Rupganj in Narayanganj and Kaliganj in Gazipur in between the Balu and Sitalakhya rivers at a distance of 16km from zero point in Dhaka.
Its implementation period is July 1995 to June 2010 But it is not going to be implemented by 2010 and Rajuk is taking initiatives to extend the deadline to June 2012, says an official.
Project Director Rafiqul said the utility service providers have already started their work to set up necessary
infrastructure.
Site development work of sectors 1,2,3,4,11 to 14 and 17 has almost been completed. For other sectors the same work is progressing smoothly, the official adds.
Road construction in sectors 1 to 5,11,13,14 and 17 has already started and is expected to be completed by December this year, he says.
Necessary measures are being taken for the work of utility services like electricity’, gas, water supply and sewerage, the project director said.
The land usage plan of the project includes residential 39.80 percent, commercial plots 3.9 percent, administrative 1.9 percent, industrial 2 percent, research and institutional 2.3 percent, road net-work 25.9 percent, physical and social infrastructure 9.1 percent, lake 6.6 percent, forest, echo park, green belt and urban green 5.7 percent and sports facilities 2.8 percent.
The invitation for application for institutional plots has already been made and a guideline is being prepared in this r