Several hundreds Rajshahi city dwellers on Saturday went on demonstration, protesting at the Rajshahi Development Authority's land acquisition for a commercial housing project.
The demonstrators also posted a memorandum to the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, for her intervention in the public issue.
Residents of Chotobangram, Bhadra and Seroil gathered at Bhadra and brought out a procession, shouted slogans against the housing project and later held a rally at the starting point.
Speakers said that a great portion of the areas was acquired during the establishment of Rajshahi University, Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology and others housing projects.
They complained that, earlier in five phases, the RDA acquired several acres of land for housing projects, but the authority failed to carry on any housing and only occupied the land.
The speakers vowed that they would wage tougher movement to keep RDA from acquiring land.
College principal Abdur Razzak, lawyer Mohammod Ali, Rajshahi City Corpo-ration ward councillor Nuru-zzaman Tito, residents Faruk Hossain and Abul Kalam Azad addressed the rally.
When contacted, Rajshahi Development Authority chairman Abdur Rahim refused to comment on the issue.
Soruce : New Age
