Rajuk drive frees more parking lots

A Rajuk eviction team cleared the parking lots, illegally occupied for other purposes, in four commercial buildings on Mirpur road in the capital yesterday as part of its ongoing eviction drive.

The team led by Rajuk Executive Magistrate Md Nasir Uddin also fined the building owners a total of Tk 7 lakh for defying the approved building plan and using the designated parking spaces for business proposes, said AZM Shafiul Hannan, a Rajuk official.

The establishments fined included a private hospital, a building and two electronic products showrooms, the official added.

Rajuk following a housing ministry decision launched the drive simultaneously in Gulshan, Dhanmondi and Uttara on January 18 in a bid to reclaim designated basement car parking spaces being illegally used for commercial purposes, and dismantle illegal ramps built encroaching upon roads.

The Dhanmondi team resumed its second spell of eviction drive on Wednesday while two other teams are waiting for fresh orders and allocation of police force to resume the drive from February 7.