Elevated Expressway
Cancel land acquisition
Demand Nakhalpara residents
Residents of the city's Nakhalpara area yesterday expressed concern over the acquisition of private land for the proposed Dhaka Elevated Expressway.
They demanded cancellation or a revised layout of the proposed Nakhalpara ramp of the expressway and acquisition of the least possible amount of private land for the project.
They made the demand at a human chain programme in the area yesterday. They also held a meeting with the local lawmaker on the issue.
More than 100 land owners of some areas of the city are going to be affected due to the land acquisition, said Abdul Wadud Bhuiyan, joint convener of a committee for the movement.
The areas are Nakhalpara, Shahinbagh, Arjatpara, Rasulbagh, Baulbagh, Nakhalpara Bazar and Samity Bazar.
District administration officials are now earmarking up to 80 feet into private land for the acquisition, said Wadud, also a Nakhalpara resident.
As per the acquisition notice, Nakhalpara's seven mosques, Hossain Ali High School, Samity Bazar and Nakhalpara kitchen market would come under demolition, said Shamsuddin Liton, another resident of the area.
Meanwhile, lawmaker Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal promised the locals a meeting with the Bridges Division officials today to address the people's concerns.
The district administration is to acquire 18 acres of private land in the nine-kilometer first segment of the proposed route stretching from Shahjalal International Airport to Tejgaon. A total of 258 structures need to be removed on the said stretch of the expressway.
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