Lottery for Rajuk plots today

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FE Report
The lottery for the residential plots of Uttara Model Town (3rd Phase) and the rest of Purbachal New Town Project of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) will be held today (Wednesday), officials said.
The city development authorities have already allotted around 2,275 plots in two phases under its Purbachal project, situated in Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj district and Kaliganj upazila of Gazipur district, through computerised draw.
The officials said the lottery for the rest of the residential
plots of Purbachal project, which accommodates a total of 6,383 plots, will be held at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the capital.
The lottery of the Uttara project, which is situated on the western side of the Uttara Model Town (2nd Phase) Project and houses around 870 plots, will also be held today at the same venue, a Rajuk official told the FE Tuesday.
He said the winners will be picked from applicants mainly in autonomous body people and journalists categories.
However, the winners in MPs, government and semi-government officials and armed forces categories will be chosen on November 15, said the official, without elaborating.
Meanwhile, State Minister for Housing and Public Works Abdul Mannan Khan has already disclosed that the civil servants will be awarded plots on the basis of their service age, experience and salary scale.
In the first phase of the lottery of Purbachal project, held on September 17 last, Rajuk picked up around 1,100 winners in judges, freedom fighters, artistes, sports persons and expatriates categories.
On October 10 last, plots were allocated among 1,175 candidates in businessmen-industrialists, private service holders and lawyers categories in the second phase of lottery.
Around 157,000 people applied for the residential plots in 12 categories after Rajuk had sought applications last year.