প্রথমে কিছু শব্দের অর্থ জেনে নেওয়া যাকঃ
1.Grabbers( দাখলদার)
2.retrieve( পূনরুদ্ধার) : Recuperate, regain, reclaim, recover
3.subsidised( ভর্তুকি প্রাপ্ত)
4.wobbling ( অনিশ্চিত, দ্বিধাগ্রস্ত) : To become unsteady or unsure
5.swathes(বিস্তীর্ণ জমি) a long, wide strip of land
6.whopping ( বিশাল পরিমান) : very large, impressive, vast, huge
7.indeed( প্রকৃত পক্ষে, বাস্তবিক পক্ষে): truly, de facto, in reality
8.commandeered ( অধিকার করা,) : possess, seize
9.bled dry:( নিঃশ্বেষ হওয়া)remove supply, Exhaust
10.stipulates (চুক্তির শর্ত করা)
11.entity (স্বত্তা, অস্তিত্ব)
12.flouted( বিদ্রুপ করা, অবজ্ঞা করা) :disregard, show contempt for
13.coterie ( বিশেষ কোনো উদ্দেশ্যে জোটবদ্ধ একদল, গোষ্ঠী, উপদল) : Clan
14.Connivance ( মৌন সম্মতি, প্রচ্ছন্ন আশ্রয়)
15.mismanagement ( অব্যাবস্থাপনা): Disorder
16.crux ( জটিল সমস্যা, কঠিন সমস্যা) : a hard nut to crack
17.encroached upon( অন্যের অধিকারের উপর হস্তক্ষেপ, ধীরে ধীরে সম্পত্তি গ্রাস) : to gradually take away someone else’s rights, or to take control of someone’s time, work, etc.:
18.offending ( দোষী) : Guilty
19.made public( প্রকাশ করা, প্রকাশ্যে আনা)
20.probe into ( তদন্ত করা) : investigate
21. irregularities( অনিয়ম, বিশৃঙ্খলা)
এবার পড়ি
EDITORIAL
Railway lands in the hands of grabbers
Take immediate steps to retrieve them
Bangladesh Railway (BR) is heavily subsidised as it is, and to make it even worse for its wobbling revenue generation process, the rail’s huge swathes of land, measuring more than 4,000 acres, have been grabbed by individuals, government and private organisations. The railway land under the illegal occupation of government and other state-owned organisatons is a whopping 922.34 acres. The Railway Minister has recently told the parliament that in the last 10 months only 132 acres of such land has been retrieved.
It is indeed shocking that railway land has been allowed to be commandeered while it is bled dry of a part of its earning. The rule stipulates that a government entity has to apply to the BR authorities, which allows the transfer of property only after receiving a recommendation from the railway office stating that the land would not be used by it in the future. This procedure, as we can see, has often been flouted, and a coterie of BR officials, in connivance with the land grabbers, has been behind the mismanagement and the loss of railway land. Also, the local administration sometimes, reportedly, lease out BR land without prior approval of the latter.
The crux of the problem lies in corruption and lack of proper supervision. The rail authority should take immediate steps to retrieve its lands that have been grabbed or encroached upon. The list of such properties and the names of offending individuals and institutions should be made public. Also, a probe into the irregularities that have led to the loss of its properties is in order.
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