Lease system goes

April 25, 1972

DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR HAATS
AND BAZAARS

The Bangladesh government has decided to abolish the lease system of the haats and bazaars. The decision is taken at the Cabinet meeting today held at the Gonobhaban with the Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in the chair. The haats and bazaars will now be developed and maintained with people's participation. The Cabinet feels that the policy of leasing out of the haats and bazaars is a remnant of the feudal system which gives rise to a vested interest group. In this system the village haats and bazaars also remain neglected. To give maximum benefit to the people the government will now take in hand the ambitious scheme of improving the condition of the market places. 

The Cabinet also discusses the damage suffered by the non-government educational institutions of the country during the Liberation War. An amount of Tk 3.21 has been sanctioned for these institutions. The money will be placed at the disposal of the institutions to be spent according to their plans. 

ORGANISE COOPERATIVES

Bangabandhu today calls upon the people to organise cooperatives with a view to increasing agricultural production and protecting the interests of the farmers against exploitation. He further says that the government policy is to promote the cooperative movement on an intensive scale all over the country.  To do that, a suitable work plan needs to be prepared without any delay, the PM adds.  

NATIONALISATION OF ROAD TRANSPORT LIKELY

Bangladesh government is likely to nationalise the entire road transport industry of the country after a complete assessment of the requirements of the people and the economy of transport mechanism. A prospective transport policy for the new-born state is also being finalised to reconstruct the war-ravaged transport system of the country.

COTTON YARN TO BE DISTRIBUTED THROUGH CARDS

The government is contemplating setting up a handloom marketing corporation with a view to providing the 10 lakh weavers of the country with raw materials at fair prices and sound marketing facilities for their products. First, a survey of the looms and weavers will be conducted. Secondly, cards will be issued to weavers. Thirdly, fair price shops will be established in the handloom centres. The weavers will get cotton yarn and other raw materials as entitled by their cards from these shops at fair prices.

SOURCES: April 26, 1972 issues of Bangladesh Observer, Dainik Bangla and Ittefaq