Ramanabad River
Remove all structures
HC asks govt
The High Court yesterday asked the government to remove all structures from the bank of Ramanabad river at Golachipa upazila in Patuakhali within two months.
The bench of Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik and Justice Gobinda Chandra Tagore also declared construction of structures for commercial purposes on the riverbank illegal.
Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (Bela) filed a writ petition on April 5 last year in this regard as public interest litigation.
Bela in its petition said local lawmaker Golam Sarwar Roni has been filling earth and constructing structures on the riverbank in Ulania Bazar area damaging the Ramanabad river and violating the laws.
The court also issued a rule upon the government to explain why the earth filling and construction of structures on the riverbank should not be declared illegal.
Iqbal Kabir Lytton appeared for Bela while Deputy Attorney General ABM Altaf Hossain represented the government.
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