Fear grips people living in shoals

Dilemma over boundary line dispute

The people of two chars (shoals) in Bhola live in dilemma over status of their land due to a long-drawn delimitation problem with neighbouring Patuakhali district.
Sources said the boundary line dispute has been continuing over the past 65 years among the Char Motaher and Char Nulin of Mujib Nagar union of Charfafassion thana of Bhola district, and Char Biswas, Char Boro Shiba of Golachipa thana and Char Shajalal of Dosmina upazila of Patuakhali district.
The Char Motaher and Char Nulin emerged in the river Tetulia during the period between 1940 and 1945. Thousands of erosion affected people of Charfassion had migrated to the two char lands and started living there. They have brought about 3000 acres of land under crop cultivation.
 Locals-Mojibul and Abdul Wadud-said the ministry of land had determined the inter-district land boundary line between Bhola and Patuakhali districts on two sides of Buragowrango channel in the year 1990. But the people of neighbouring Golacipa and Doshmina upazilas of Patuakhali district have been demanding that they are the owners of  land emerged on both sides of Buragowrango channel. However, a large number of people of Char Motaher and Char Nulin secured allotment of the emerged land from the upazila land department.
These people allege that the Aman paddy they cultivate on the chars are often looted by musclemen coming from of Golacipa and Dosmia upazila of the neighbouring Patuakhali district. While contacted Rezaul Karim, the upazila Nirbahi officer of Charfassion upazila, confirmed that two chars belong to his upazila. “But due to the non-cooperation of Patuakhali district administration the problem could not be solved,” he said. The UNO, however, said he will take measures to protect the Aman paddy from looters.

 

Fear grips people living in shoals

Dilemma over boundary line dispute

The people of two chars (shoals) in Bhola live in dilemma over status of their land due to a long-drawn delimitation problem with neighbouring Patuakhali district. Sources said the boundary line dispute has been continuing over the past 65 years among the Char Motaher and Char Nulin of Mujib Nagar union of Charfafassion thana of Bhola district, and Char Biswas, Char Boro Shiba of Golachipa thana and Char Shajalal of Dosmina upazila of Patuakhali district. The Char Motaher and Char Nulin emerged in the river Tetulia during the period between 1940 and 1945. Thousands of erosion affected people of Charfassion had migrated to the two char lands and started living there. They have brought about 3000 acres of land under crop cultivation. Locals-Mojibul and Abdul Wadud-said the ministry of land had determined the inter-district land boundary line between Bhola and Patuakhali districts on two sides of Buragowrango channel in the year 1990. But the people of neighbouring Golacipa and Doshmina upazilas of Patuakhali district have been demanding that they are the owners of land emerged on both sides of Buragowrango channel. However, a large number of people of Char Motaher and Char Nulin secured allotment of the emerged land from the upazila land department. These people allege that the Aman paddy they cultivate on the chars are often looted by musclemen coming from of Golacipa and Dosmia upazila of the neighbouring Patuakhali district. While contacted Rezaul Karim, the upazila Nirbahi officer of Charfassion upazila, confirmed that two chars belong to his upazila. But due to the non-cooperation of Patuakhali district administration the problem could not be solved, he said. The UNO, however, said he will take measures to protect the Aman paddy from looters.