BM Desk:
Land Minister Narayon Chandra Chanda has urged public employees within the Ministry of Land, along with its offices and agencies, to deliver appropriate land services to the public. He emphasized the need to work diligently to ensure proper land services for the people. Simultaneously, he issued a warning against engaging in anything other than rightful service.
Land Minister Narayon Chandra Chanda made the call while addressing a meeting on ‘Briefing on activities of the offices and agencies under the Ministry of Land’ held at the central seminar hall of Bhumi Bhaban in the capital on Tuesday.
Land Secretary Khalilur Rahman chaired the meeting. Among others, the Chairman of the Land Appeal Board AKM Shamimul Haque, Chairman of the Land Reform Board Abdus Sabur Mondal, Director General of Land Record and Survey Department Anis Mahmud, Additional Secretaries of the Ministry of Land, and various level officials of the offices and agencies under the Ministry of Land were present in the meeting.
The heads of the Land Appeal Board, Land Reform Board, Land Record and Survey Department, and Controller of Accounts (Revenue) office briefed the Land Minister about the activities of their respective organizations.
In his speech, the land minister said, “The Prime Minister has sent me to the Ministry of Land with a mission; That is to ensure efficient, transparent and people-friendly land services. I am determined to fulfill this mission by implementing smart land management. I believe, that if all of us in the Ministry of Land perform our respective responsibilities properly, it will be possible to fulfill what the Prime Minister of Bangladesh wants from the Ministry of Land.
The minister said no one in the world disagrees that Sheikh Hasina is leading Bangladesh through an unprecedented economic renaissance through poverty alleviation. Land is needed in all areas of development – poverty alleviation, ensuring women’s rights, socio-economic development, industry and minerals, agriculture and food security, and above all, combating the impact of climate change. That is why the implementation of sustainable, accountable, and people-friendly land reforms is part of the government’s highest priorities.
Land Secretary Khalilur Rahman said that keeping in view Vision 2041 and Delta Plan 2100, everyone in the Ministry of Land will work together under the leadership of the land minister to build a ‘Sonar Bangla’ as dreamt by Bangabandhu. The secretary expressed his determination on behalf of all public servants of the Ministry of Land to work on the implementation of the manifesto as per the Prime Minister’s plan and promised to provide all cooperation to the Minister of Land.
