Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury on Wednesday said there is no alternative but to increase the quality of land service to build a developed and prosperous Bangladesh by 2041.
“We are now providing land services directly to the people. Land issues not only affect the people's lives but also the country's economy,” he said.
Saifuzzaman Chowdhury made the remarks while presiding over the first meeting of the 'National Committee on Monitoring and Reviewing the Land Services Digitization' at his office in the Secretariat.
Citing the land ministry a service-oriented one, the minister urged the authorities concerned to accelerate the work of installing the online land development tax payment system. Addressing the meeting, Land Secretary Md Muksodur Rahman Patwary said the national body has been formed to monitor, coordinate, audit, and review the progress of various activities undertaken in order to bringing land services to its recipients.
Chief of Land Service Monitoring Cell Md Doulutuzzaman Khan presented a report on the ‘Integration of NID database information with all land services including e-Mutation’ and ‘Integration of e-Mutation with the Record of Rights (ROR/Khatiyan) of concerned Mouza before the publication of gazette after preparation of final ROR’ at the meeting.
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Chairman of Land Appeal Board Ummul Hasna, Chairman of Land Reform Board Md Yakub Ali Patwary, Director General of Land Records and Surveys Md Taslimul Islam and Director of Land Administration Training Center Md Abdul Hye, among others, were present at the meeting.
Officials working at the field level, including two deputy commissioners and zonal settlement officers, also joined the meeting through video conferencing.
