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Lessees build shops in pond violating rules

Habibur Rahman, Pirojpur
Relatives allegedly of some local leaders of the ruling party have built illegal structures, grabbing two sides of a 300-year-old pond owned by the district council in Nazirpur upazila of the distict.
Locals said, Zaminder Rudro Narayan Roy Chowdhury dug the pond on over 82 decimal of land at Joy pur village to provide drinking water for local people.
After partition in 1947, the district took control of the pond and had been leasing out the water body to locals every year for fish cultivation.
Last year, relatives of some ruling party men leased the eatern and southern sides of the pond from the district council. As they tried to fill up the two sides of the pond to build shops, villagers and local newsmen raised voice against the
move. In the face of strong protest, the lessees had to postpone the plan.
Last month, they again tried to build shops on both sides of the pond, but the district council did not allow them to do it.
Backed by local ruling party men, the lessees finally started building shops on two sides of the pond a week ago. While visiting the area on Friday, this correspondent found that 26 shops have already beeen made, encroaching upon the water body. Nobody dared to protest, fearing backlash by the ruling party men.
This correspondent could not talk to Distict Council Administrator advocate Akram Hossain Khan as he is sick.
Locals said, Nazirpur upazila AL General
Secretary Md Mosarrof Hossain Khan, also brother of district administrator Akram Hossain Khan, and upazila AL President MA Malek Bepari are backing the land grabbers. They have already allotted shops to some locals, taking money from them, villagers alleged.
Refuting the allegation, both AL leaders said that the district council gave possession of the shops to some locals.
Contacted, Md Mokbul Hossain, chief executive officer of the district council, said former chief exective officer Md Golam Mostafa leased the two sides of the pond to build structures, violating the rules of the district council.
"We will take necessary measures to stop building structures in the water body," Mokbul Hossain said.