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RAB to get land on riverbank
The government has backed out of its earlier decision to cancel allotment of land to Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on the riverbank in Dhaka's Kamrangirchar ‘for protection of environment’ six months back.
Published : 12 Nov 2014, 03:04 PM
Updated : 12 Nov 2014, 03:04 PM
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Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan said on Wednesday that RAB would be given seven acres of land on the bank of the Buriganga River.
After attending a meeting of River Protection Task Force at the Secretariat, he said marine police would also get three-acres of land in the same area.
“I’ve asked the (Dhaka district) deputy commissioner and BIWTA (Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority) chairman to measure and earmark some land for RAB-10 and marine police on the riverbank. We’ll allot seven-acre land to RAB and three-acre to marine police,” he said.
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