BANGLADESH NEWS
Declaring commercial operations in Dhanmondi residential area illegal, the High Court on Monday directed the authorities to remove all business establishments from the area to protect its residential character and environment.
The government has been asked to allow the institutions time essential for shifting their setups.
It ordered Maple Leaf International School authorities to windup its all branches from the area and to shift those to a suitable place within next three years.
A division bench of the HC asked the school authorities to control traffic jams in the school areas by their own manpower during the three-year period.
The judges however said the ruling will not hamper the business of the authorised commercial establishments at the Mirpur Road, Satmasjid Road and Dhanmondi-2 and Dhanmondi-27 areas.
Petitioners’ counsel Manzill Murshid told that the setups of commercial institutions including, schools, colleges, universities and hospitals, which are now operating at Dhanmondi residential area, will have to be shifted following the verdict.
He added that the buildings and structures, where the institutions are running, will not have to be removed according to the verdict.
Justice Naima Haider and Justice Farid Ahmed came up with the verdict after a hearing on the rule earlier issued asking the government to explain why it should not be directed to evict the commercials institutions from Dhanmondi residential area.
On February 2, the HC issued the rule following the writ petition jointly filed by MA Masud, president of Dhanmondi Residential Welfare Association, and its general secretary MA Matin Chowdhury seeking necessary directives for protecting residential character and environment of the area.
They stated in the petition that said hundreds of illegal commercial institutions were operating at Dhanmondi residential area, damaging residential character and environment, but no step was taken to remove those and authorities concerned failed in their duty to protect the residential area.
M Amir-Ul Islam and Rokanuddin Mahmud appeared for Maple Leaf International School and Deputy Attorney General Mokhlesur Rahman represented the government.
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