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TAJUL-KARNAPHULI
Zero tolerance of illegal structures on river banks: Tajul
CHATTOGRAM, March 02, 2019 (BSS)-Local Government, Rural Development and
Cooperatives’ (LGRD) Minister Mohammad Tajul Islam today empathically said
that there will be zero tolerance in eviction of illegal structures in both
the banks of the River Karnaphuli.
“The eviction drive has not been stopped; sometimes there is a pause for
strategic reason but there is no compromise in evicting illegal
establishments,” the minister firmly said this while visiting the evicted
sites of the River Karnaphuli this afternoon.
The LGRD Minister said the rivers were affected by illegal occupation and
if the rivers are affected, the country will be adversely affected, too.
“All rivers in the country including Karnaphuli, Turag, Buriganga, Meghna,
Jamuna and Shitalakkhya must be freed from illegal occupation and pollution
and the government is relentlessly working to bring them back to normal
navigability,” the minister said, adding that the prime minister has formed.
a strong committee and all ministries are consistently working to this
effect.
The minister said basic objective for the eviction drive is to free the
rivers from pollution and encroachment for economic development of the
country.
City Mayor AJM Nasir Uddin, Divisional Commissioner of Chattogram.
Chairman of Chattogram Development Authority (CDA) Abdus Salam, Deputy
Commissioner Mohammad Ilias Hossain, Deputy Police Commissioner Mehedi Hasan
and high officials of the district administration accompanied the minister.
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