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Road occupied, hindering movement of 40 families

OUR CORRESPONDENT, Nilphamari
Forty families at Purbo Harinchara village of Domar upazila under the district have remained virtually confined to their houses for about two weeks as members of an influential family recently occupied a road by buildinghouses and putting fences there.
Agood number of people of the village use the one-kilometre-long and 10-feet-wide earthen road passing through the village connecting Bottali Haat and a ghat of Dewnai River to go to local markets, hospitals, educational institutions, upazila and district headquarters, locals said.
But dispute arose recently between the families of Abu Hashem and Ohidul Islam over boundary of two plots of lands at south and north edge of the road as both sides claimed that part ofthe road as belonging to them.
Sporadic clashes occurred between the two groups and even a shop was damaged at nearby Battali bazaar owned by a group.
On 15 June, Ohidul Islam’s men living at north side of the road built houses, planted trees and put bamboo fences in the middle ofthe road, claiming the portion to be owned by them.
It made the road too narrow and unusable for movement of people, let alone vehicles.
"I could not take my ailing sister to the upazila hospital by ambulance on Wednesday, as the vehicle could not pass the too narrow road," Abdul Latif, one of the people who have fallen victim to the situation, told this correspondent during his visit to the area on Thursday.
The affected people cannot take their newly harvested boro paddy and other agricultural products
to local markets due to occupation of the road, said several others including Abdul Aziz, Dabibur and Enamul Huq.
Following complaint from the victims, Sub Inspector of Domar Police Station Safiqul Alam visited the spot and found the old road now occupied with houses and newly planted trees.
Defying request from Domar Police Station Officer in Charge Kafiluddin, the group has continued the occupation.
Chairman of Horinchara union parishad Azizur said, "I have requested district land department to send a government surveyor to demarcate the actual area and location of the road. Once it is done, we will implement the decision at any cost to maintain peace in the area.
Contacted, Domar upazila parishad Chairman Abdur Razzak Basunia said, "It is illegal to create obstacle to people's free movement. The upazila administration will do everything to ensure rights of the affected people.”