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Engineering battalion at ramu cantonment
Ramu Cantonment (Bengali: রামু সেনানিবাস) is a cantonment located in Ramu of Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. It is the headquarter of 10th Infantry Division of Bangladesh Army. The area of the cantonment is 1788.98 acres.
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Beautiful place of ramu cantonment cox s bazar
History and Layout
24th Infantry Battalion was stationed at Ramu but it lacked infrastructure. So, the government decided to upgrade it to a full-fledged cantonment.
Establishment of cantonment
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina confirmed the approval for a new cantonment in Ramu on 19 April 2014. Army was allocated 1,800 acres of forest land in Ramu. Of those 1,180 acres in Rajarkul, 264.55 acres in Khuniyapalang, and 344.43 acres in Umakhali Mouza.
On 10 March 2016, she inaugurated construction of a road titled "Bir Sarani", memorial "Ajeyo" commemorating the division, a multipurpose shade "Birangan" and a composite barrack named "Matamuhuri" built at Alikadom Cantonment.
Bangladesh Army formations
The cantonment is home for 10th Infantry Division, two infantry brigade, one artillery brigade & other various units of Bangladesh Army.
The flag-hoisting ceremony of the newly formed 10th Infantry Division was held at Ramu Cantonment on its inauguration.
The General Officer Commanding of 10th Infantry Division is Major General Ataur Hakim Sarwar Hasan. The commander of the 65th Infantry Brigade is Brig Gen Moinuddin Mahmud Chowdhury.
Controversy
The land allocated to establish Ramu cantonment was done by bypassing law. Rajarkul Mouza and Khuniyapalang Mouza are reserved forests, while that of Umakhali Mouza was identified marked as reserved forest land based on gazette notifications on May 25, 1907; July 12, 1930 and June 11, 1935. To allocate the land to army they were stripped of the status by invoking specific laws.
Press conference held at the Reporters Unity auditorium by eight organizations which work with human rights, good governance and development criticized governments regarding this matter.