The village of Rampur, in the Dinajpur district of
Bangladesh, was established on public ‘khas’ land in 1953
by landless farmers. However, in the following decades,
different groups of local elites claimed the land and tried
to evict the villagers. Thanks to support from CDA, the
villagers resisted the harassment and false claims. In 2000
the court quashed the false claims; in 2001 the village was
beneficiary to a governmental land distribution scheme;
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsMay, 2019Bangladesh
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Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsMay, 2019Bangladesh
Twenty years of
legal struggle to
obtain ownership
of public ‘khas’
land In 1994, the landless villagers of Rajarampur in Dinajpur
district, Bangladesh, applied for access to public ‘khas’
land (government owned land available for allocation
according to government priorities) that had been lying
fallow for years. In 1995 they occupied 115 acres of this
fallow land. The occupation was contested by local elites, -
Library ResourceConference Papers & ReportsMay, 2019Bangladesh
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Abstract: Conflict and vested interest on khasland are common phenomenon in rural Bangladesh due to impact of colonial exit. Landless poor are living upon other’s land which is very painful in their life at the age of modern state. Many landless poor are living without having legal access to Government khas land.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchMay, 2019Bangladesh
CDA’s Agrarian Reform activities are contributing to Earth and Climate through Organic Compost
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchMay, 2019Bangladesh
CDA’s Agrarian Reform activities are contributing to Earth and Climate through Organic Compost
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchMay, 2019Bangladesh
CDA’s Agrarian Reform activities are contributing to Earth and Climate through Organic Compost
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchMay, 2019Bangladesh
CDA’s Agrarian Reform activities are contributing to Earth and Climate through Organic Compost
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchMay, 2019Bangladesh
NEED ASESSMENT OF PLAIN LAND ADIBASI or INDEGIENOUS PEOPLE
Geographical Location: Dinajpur and Thakurgaon District
Duration: 06-15 May 2017
Need Assessment by: SOLAR Program Team, CDA
Ref: CDA’s SOLAR Program, Budget line: 3.1.05, Fiscal year 2016-2017.
Supported by: Bread for the World, Germany.
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