Land minister calls for joint effort to end corruption in land service
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Land Minister Narayon Chandra Chanda has called for working together to prevent corruption in land service by building a social movement against corruption and taking coordinated initiatives.
"We are working by adopting a zero-tolerance policy against corruption under the leadership of the prime minister. Corruption will be rooted out from society as well as the state by taking coordinated initiatives with the people,” said the minister.
The minister said this while addressing as the chief guest at a view exchange meeting with stakeholders aimed at establishing good governance in land service at Gopalganj Zila Parishad auditorium on Sunday.
Land Secretary Md Khalilur Rahman, chairman of land reform board Md Abdus Sabur Mondal, and Director-General of Land Record and Survey Department Anis Mahmud, among others, were present as special guests.
Speaking at the event, the land minister also said, “We have taken initiatives to include land-related information in the school curriculum so that citizens can get some idea about land management from school. You will directly tell the concerned land officer about any problem related to your land.”
The minister informed the audience that 32 Upazila/Circle Land Offices and 64 Union Land Offices of the country along with the Tungipara Upazila Land Office of Gopalganj district and Patgati and Kushali Union Land Office have been brought under the 180-day programme of the Ministry of Land and the first district-level view exchange meeting has started from Gopalganj.
The minister hoped that the land offices of Gopalganj, which were selected for the 180-day programme, would set a unique example in land service.
In the meeting, the land secretary made a visual presentation on the modernisation of the land system and the ministry's 180-day plan.
Officials of the ministry also made visual presentations on the implementation of the integrity strategy, grievance redressal, Right to Information Act, and Citizen Charter.