Dhaka, May 6 -- Chattogram Port Authority (CPA) is getting about 500 acres of khas land for the Patenga Bay Terminal project in the city. Chattogram district administration will procure this land. Earlier in 2017, the district administration acquired 67 acres of privately owned land and gave it to the port. If the new allocation is received, the total land will be 568 acres. However, the project requires another 302 acres of land. Three letters sent by the Chittagong district administration were received by the Port Authority on Thursday (May 2). It has been said that to get about 500 acres of private land, a sale price of 3 crore taka has to be paid.
Deputy Commissioner Abul Basar Mohammad Fakhruzzaman said that the settlement document wi...