Govt for formulating law to protect agricultural land

Parliament Correspondent: Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury said the government has taken an initiative to formulate a law aiming to protect agricultural land and land use.

The minister said this while responding to a query from AL Lawmaker Shamsun Nahar in the Parliament on Saturday.

Saifuzzaman said, “The government has specific plan to protect agricultural land specially cropland. To realise the plan, the land ministry has formulated the draft of 'Agricultural Land Protection and Land Use Act-2019’ which will be sent to the cabinet division soon for approval.”


risingbd/Dhaka/June 29, 2019/Asad/AI