DHAKA NEWS
The High Court on Tuesday directed the authorities concerned to stop encroachment on the river Turag at Gabtoli in the capital and remove all illegal structures from that point in 24 hours.
In response to a writ petition, the court also asked to take legal action against those responsible for encroaching and constructing structures in the river area.
The BIWTA chairman and the deputy commissioner of Dhaka have been asked to submit a report after complying with order before the court by May 13.
The HC bench of Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury Manik and Justice Jahangir Hossain Selim came up with the order following the petition filed by Manzill Murshed on behalf of Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh.
Murshed told the court that the HC in June 2009 directed the government to remove structures from four rivers around Dhaka including Turag, Balu, Shitalakkya and Buriganga and to stop all encroachment on the rivers.
But some people are encroaching on the river Turag at Gabtoli point defying the HC directives, the petitioner said.
The encroachment will have to be stopped to save the river, he said.
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