HC stays construction of park near Noakhali court for 3 months

The High Court yesterday prohibited construction of a "commercial park" in the government land near the district judge court in Noakhali for three months.

The court also issued a rule asking the government to explain as to why the construction without approval from authorities concerned should not be declared illegal.

The HC bench of Justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury and Justice Md Khasruzzaman came up with the order and rule following a writ petition filed by five local people, including one Shahid Sarwar, challenging the legality of constructing the park.

Petitioners' lawyer Gias Uddin Chowdhury told The Daily Star that some influential people had been constructing the park named "Dream Park" in the government land without approval from the authorities concerned of the government.

Some important structures including the grave of former Jatiya Sangsad speaker Abdul Malek Ukil, Shaheed Minar, Bijoy Mancha and Kochikanchar Mela will be affected if the commercial park is constructed, he added.