250 structures demolished
Rajuk dismantles illegal portion of a six-storey building at Uttara Sector No. 3 in the city yesterday.Photo: STAR
Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) yesterday demolished around 250 kancha structures constructed illegally on a portion of Ashulia Beribadh in the city. Rajuk Magistrate Rokon-Ud-Doula led the drive started at 10:00am and continued till 3:00pm. Rajuk officials, two platoon police and around 50 day labourers with one pay loader joined the demolition. In another drive, Rajuk team led by Rokon-Ud-Doula dismantled a six-storey building No. 19 Road 7/C, Uttara Sector-3 of the city, which has been constructed violating the approved plan. “We will continue the drive on the building on Sunday to complete the demolition of the illegal portion,” said Rokon. Monowarul Islam, executive engineer of Uttara, said they have demolished around 250 kancha houses and shops constructed illegally on footpaths and on the embankment stretching from Ashulia Beribadh to Road-16 under sector-10 of Uttara. He said they demolished all the structures from the place, which is a hub of different criminal activities, including mugging and drugs selling. “We knocked down illegal structures in the same place even two months back but they have built those again just after the drive,” he said. A drive should be conducted at the eastern side of the embankment as the same kind of activities are also going on there, said Monowarul adding the Water Development Board can conduct the drive, as it is the jurisdiction of the board.
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