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Roadside structures demolished

Our Correspondent, Pabna
The Department of Roads and Highways has demolished about 1,200 roadside illegal structures in the district on Sunday and Monday for smooth vehicular movements on Dhaka-Pabna highway. Md Khaled Shahed, executive engineer of R&H, Pabna, said mobile courts conducted the drives from Gaspara to Pabna bus terminal and removed illegal shops and bazars. The R&H department had earlier issued notices to the owners of the illegal structures to remove their establishments from its land, said Shafiqul Huda, sub-divisional engineer of R&H, Pabna. We will launch drives in Ishwardi and Kashinathpur areas of the district soon, he added.