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Ramchandrapur Canal

100 structures demolished

26 September 2011, 18:00 PM

METROPOLITAN

Staff Correspondent

People watch on yesterday as a bulldozer tears down a residential building, which was illegally built occupying the land of Ramchandrapur Canal in the city's Mohammadpur, as a part of the eviction drive by Dhaka Wasa to save the canal.Photo: STAR

Dhaka Wasa knocked down around 100 structures, including 50 makeshift structures of freedom fighters, in its drive against illegal occupations on Ramchandrapur canal on the third day yesterday. Kazi Wasi Uddin and Nasir Uddun, executive magistrates of Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa), led a team of around 100 labourers and police. Of the structures, a five-storey building and a two-storey building have been demolished partially while a two-storey building totally, said Ruhul Amin, executive engineer of Wasa drainage division. The team also knocked down around 95 kancha structures, including 50 makeshift structures of freedom fighters, which were built illegally on the canal. "We have knocked down 50 makeshift structures of freedom fighters, out of 100, today and rest of the structures will be demolished in the next three days," said Ruhul Amin. In last October, Wasa had to abandon a scheduled eviction drive to free this canal, as the district administration called them off in the face of opposition by a group of freedom fighters. Official sources said that this time the government high-ups gave go-ahead to remove the said occupancy to recover the canal. The Wasa started the drive on September 24 to free a 1.5-km, stretching from Mohamodia Housing Ltd Road No-6 to Gabtoli, of illegal occupancy. Ruhul Amin said they will continue the drive three more days to complete it. He said after completion of the drive, they will soon start a construction work to build a walkway.