SYLHET, Mar 23: Establishment of a new land customs (LC) station at Dolura on the Sylhet-Meghalaya border is being delayed due to land selection complexities.
Delay in getting approval by the concerned department is another key reason.
Sources said there was no major development even with the passage of 27 months.
Two weeks ago the Land Ministry sent a query to the district administration for re-fixing the land price for the proposed LC station.
Land approval had been delayed due to lack of coordination between the concerned departments like land, revenue and customs, an official in Sunamganj district administration admitted.
It would be completed in weeks, as the field survey had been done, he added.
The cost for the proposed 10-acre government-owned land is likely to be Tk 24.8 million, the official said, adding, the detailed survey report was sent to the concerned authority months ago.
The Customs Department earlier had written for acquiring 15 acres of land for the said LC station at the Dolura border in February 2017. But the process did not proceed much locally as yet.
It may be stated that in 1999, the authority first decided for setting up a LC station on experimental basis initially for a year, but things could not be done due to absence of the 2.5 km link road on the border.
A group of Indian traders joined a view exchange meeting with Bangladeshi traders on February 17 last year on Dolura border area in presence of the then NBR chairman Md. Nojibur Rahman.
Mr Rahman laid emphasis on the issue and assured the setting of LC station as soon as possible. Presently the Principal Secretary at a separate meeting at the Sunamganj Deputy Commissioner's office months ago also asked the officials for expediting the matter.
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