CHATTOGRAM, June 22, 2022 (BSS)- Sujan Chowdhury, chief estate officer of the

Eastern Railway, informed the district administration that there are 3,000
families living illegally at risky places of different railway hills in the
city.

He disclosed the information at the 24th meeting of the Hill Management
Committee held at the conference room of the Chattogram Divisional
Commissioner's Office on Tuesday.

He said about 3,000 families are living illegally and at risk in the
different railway hills including Batali Hill, Motijharna and CRB areas
adjacent to Foy's Lake.

"We will protect the illegal establishments with barbed wire fences. We will
also soon be conducting evictions in the hills where there are still illegal
installations," he added.

Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Mominur Rahman said administration evicted
illegal structures from different railway hills but the illegal occupants
again built structures after the eviction drives.

"If it is later found that anyone builds a house in a dangerous position of
any hills for staying there, they will be subjected to severe punishment
including regular cases," he added.

The official asked the railway representatives to put up barbed wire fences
at the demolished installations.

Moreover, trees may be planted there by the district administration, he
suggested.