DHAKA NEWS
The High Court on Monday directed the Rajuk authorities to demarcate the capital’s Gulshan Lake area within 20 days and to submit a report in this regard before it by June 5.
During hearing a rule, the court asked the authorities concerned of the government to maintain status quo on the demolition of structures in the lake area.
It also ordered the authorities neither to evict any slum dweller from the lake area nor to allow anybody to encroach on the lake till June 5.
The HC bench of Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury Manik and Justice Jahangir Hossain Selim passed the order.
The verdict came after Iqbal Kabir Liton, a counsel for Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA), an organisation concerning environment, told that some portions of the lake have been encroached for allocation to some people.
Liton made the observation when he visited the lake area on May 11 as per the court’s earlier order.
The HC bench also asked Liton to submit, if possible, a list of the names of the persons involved in the allocation.
Earlier on January 25, April 15 and May 2, the HC had directed the authorities to remove or demolish all illegal structures on the Gulshan Lake to make it free from encroachment.
Following a report published in the daily Prothom Alo, the court on January 25 issued a suo moto rule upon the authorities concerned to explain why they should not be directed to protect the lake.
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