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Download PDF The authorities yesterday demolished around 50 tin-shed and concrete structures at the edge of the Hatirjheel Canal near Hotel Sonargaon in the capital.
In presence of a magistrate and police, Rajuk workers using hammers and a bulldozer knocked down the illegally built houses and commercial structures.
“We have completed our job without any hassles,” said Doulat Akbar, officer-in-charge of the Ramna Police Station, after the several hours long drive.
Police said the authorities had issued notices to the illegal occupants and announced the eviction drive with loudspeakers a day before the drive.
However, some evicted people alleged that the authorities displaced them without arranging any alternative shelter for them.
The government has designed a project to save the Hatirjheel and Begunbari wetlands, the largest retainers in the city, to ensure proper stormwater drainage.
A four-lane peripheral ring road will be constructed under the integrated project.
Earlier, the government planned to make an elevated roadway connecting the Tongi Diversion Road with Rampura Bridge and Gulshan.
March 6th, 2008 at 11:20 am
This projects are essental to protect the city from chronic fash flooding after any major rains. Unfortunately some innoent persons including the opportunist grabbers were evicted but for the greater interst of the city dwellers we must accept the pinas .