Affected people getting compensation cheques

The affected people of Padma Bridge Railway Link Project started getting rehabilitation benefits in Narayanganj on Tuesday, reports UNB.
Compensation cheques were distributed among the affected people at a function held at Prapti City ground at Pagla of Fatulla.
In association with the Bangladesh Railway and the Construction Supervision Consultant (CSC) of Bangladesh Army, Development Organisation of the Rural Poor (DORP), an NGO, launched the cheuqe distribution among the affected people in Narayanganj.
DORP is implementing the rehabilitation activities under the supervision of CSC.
Project director of Padma Bridge Railway Link Engineer Golam Fakhruddin Ahmed Chowdhury, CSC deputy chief coordinator Brig Gen Md Abdul Mukim Sarkar, chief engineer of the project Md Afzal Hossain and DORP founder AHM Noman and Kutubpur Union Chairman Monirul Alam were present at the function.
A total of 3,548 families are being affected due to setting up of Dhaka-Mawa-Bhanga 82.35-kilometres railway link project, and total 358.41 hectares of land will be acquired for implementing the project by 2021.