Punish grabbers of water bodies
Demand rights groups
Eleven rights bodies yesterday demanded punishment for the authorities of private housing companies who are filling up water bodies violating detailed area plan (DAP) in the capital.
They also demanded transparency in Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha's process of giving approval to the housing projects.
They made the demands in a letter sending to the secretary of the Housing and Public Works Ministry, says a press release of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB).
Referring to a report headlined "Illegal Housing Projects, Government making those legal" published in The Daily Star on July 31, it says Rajuk started the process of giving private housing companies approval to some illegal projects.
The 11 rights bodies are Ain o Salish Kendra, Association for Land Reform and Development, Bangladesh Paribesh Ainbid Samity, Bangladesh Paribesh Andolon, Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust, Bangladesh Institute of Planners, Paribesh Bachao Andolan, Centre for Urban Studies, Institute of Architects of Bangladesh, Nijera Kori, and Transparency International Bangladesh.
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