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The eviction campaign by the port authorities began Monday morning on 52 acres of land in Laldia Char on the banks of the Karnafuli River in Chittagong. Char residents have been demanding rehabilitation for the past few days before the eviction began, but have not received any promises.
Many Char residents left their homes on Saturday and Sunday due to the intransigence of the authorities. The rest left the house on Monday morning and at noon.
Some of the residents were taking away these semi-finished and unfinished one-story houses. Most of them have sold these structures cheaply.
Ali Noor, 59, did nothing of the kind. Out of home. But where to go, I don’t know.
Ali Noor said that at the age of 9, they left their home in the current area of the air base and came to Laldia Char with their father Kala Mia. Then I grew up here, at home and as a family. Their two sons and a daughter were born here.
“The eldest son has died of cancer. The boy ran a tea shop along Channel 12. I called the girl ‘Shiuli Jhal Bitan’. The shop was also demolished. Now there is no provision for ruji. I am making this house spending Rs. Where do I take the house? I don’t know where to go. “
Yunus Mia’s family had to tear down the walls of their own home.
Ali Noor said: “Our ancestors were simple people. … saying, give them land here. Then they were leaving. We have been here for 49 years. I never thought it would happen. We have no place in such a large country.
“I was telling the leaders to shoot me. And then you don’t have to suffer. I’m not old enough to work.”
Shamsul Alam, husband of Nur Akhtar, a resident of Laldia Char, has been ill for four months. He is survived by three sons, two daughters and grandchildren.
The stove did not burn in that house until noon on Monday. Shamsul Alam walks down the alley of this block with his head and head crying.
Nur Akhtar told bdnews24.com: “My husband had a store at the mouth of Channel 12. The store was demolished during the eviction in 2019. Stroke four months ago. Then people collect money and send it to the doctor. Days go by thinking more than people.
“I couldn’t find the person to break the house. Remove the luggage themselves. What do you say? The media don’t show us ”.
Yunus Mia was smashing the walls of her house with a hammer. Son Abdur Rahim was running trying to rent a car.
Abdur Rahim’s wife, Nur Fana Akhter Rupa, said: “We have no one but Allah. Breaking one’s house means breaking one’s heart.
“My father-in-law works as a day laborer. My father-in-law rents two houses at number 15 for seven thousand rupees. I couldn’t rent a car due to lack of money. I don’t even know where the kids are going to school now. “
Yunus Mia came to Laldia Char in 1982 with her parents and siblings. Now there are five sons, a daughter and 20 grandchildren. Four sons and a daughter already left Laldia Char in the news of the eviction.
“Those of us who were leaving the land just wanted to be rehabilitated,” he said. Nothing else. I want to sell this house now. Those who will break it said 20 thousand two days ago. He doesn’t even want to take it now. “
Rashidul Islam, a resident of Char, said: “How wonderfully the Rohingya brought Bhasanchar across this Karnafuli river before our eyes. We had nowhere to go.
“It just came to our notice then. He would not have given such a verdict if he had reported our situation to the court. We have none. The leaders have been protesting for a few days. So say, go away. After the eviction in 2019, the MP (MA Latif) came to the mosque and promised that there would be no more evictions. Big people are looking at this land. God will judge those who do. “
Maryland. “My grandfather Nur Mia used to come here,” said Ibrahim, a 32-year-old man. I was born on this Vita. Here is the grave of the grandparents. I live with two children, parents and a wife. I used to buy computers. I am writing all the written letters to the district administration, to the police, to the port. Nothing happened. My store also broke down. Leaving Vitamati is like death. “
The port president, Rear Admiral M Shahjahan, spoke to reporters at the Boat Club near Char on Monday morning.
He said there were “squatters” in Laldia Char for a long time. The court’s verdict was in favor of the port. The occupants have been given “sufficient time” to comply with the court’s instructions. The eviction was postponed twice at the request of local leaders.
A family enters a house and takes out their belongings.
“Even though they are squatters, it shouldn’t be difficult for them to leave. They must not be treated inhumanely. He did not take any bulldozers, long arms, bulldozers. There was no resistance. This is the only peaceful eviction in the history of Bangladesh. No force was applied. They leave voluntarily. “
When asked what would be done on this land later, the president of the port said: “There is a container terminal in Paienen next door. You will need a patio. We will see that later. We will do the installations that are supposed to be done in accordance with the strategic master plan ”.
In 1982, 130 families were evacuated from their settlements to Laldia Char to expand the air base. Then they came with the security of a permanent settlement.
Then in 1973-74, the land was also colonized for a year. Later, during the rule of Zia and Ershad, this land was registered in the name of BS.
The eviction has started and barbed wire has been laid along Char Airport Road.
In 2005, part of Laldia Char was evicted. There is currently a private container depot there. In July 2019, the Chittagong Port Authority took possession of 20 acres of land in the area adjacent to channels 12 and 13.
In December last year, the High Court set two months for the removal of the Laldia Char establishment following a court petition seeking to vacate the two banks of the Karnafuli River.
Then in February, when the initiative was taken to vacate the port, the people of Char joined the movement. Finally, this char was inhabited by 14,000 people from 2,300 families.
The leaders of the Awami League, BNP, local councilors, the Sramik League and the Chhatra League in Chittagong demanded the rehabilitation of Char residents.
The eviction has started and barbed wire has been laid along Char Airport Road.
The deputy commissioner then wrote a letter to a higher level of government identifying the actual victims and asking for more time for rehabilitation. But the people of Char did not receive good news.
Later on Saturday, the chairman of the Chittagong Port Authority, in a meeting with local leaders, said he was adamant about the eviction. From then on, Char’s neighbors began to leave the area. Work on pulling barbed wire and planting bamboo on the roadside portion of Char’s airport began Monday morning.
Around 2 p.m., an old woman named Rokeya Akhter hugged her neighbor and burst into tears. At that time, the boundaries of his lifelong home settlement were surrounded by thorns.
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