RANGPUR, June 22, 2020 (BSS) – Dozens of illegal shops were shifted
to safer areas of the city after evicting those from around Rangpur
City Bazar today to prevent the community transmission of coronavirus
from the overcrowded marketplace.
The authorities of the divisional, Rangpur Metropolitan Police
(RpMP), district and Rangpur City Corporation (RpCC) administrations
jointly initiated and supervised the day-long eviction drive followed
by shifting.
Executive Magistrate of Rangpur district administration Mohammad
Raihanul Islam led the eviction drive with the assistance of the
members of RpMP, Bangladesh Army and Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-13.
Later, the owners shifted their fruit shops to the roadside area
around the ‘Surovi Uddyan’ and vegetable shops to the Public Library
ground by this afternoon to run their businesses maintaining physical
distance and abiding by the health directives.
Divisional Commissioner K M Tariqul Islam, City Mayor Mostafizar
Rahman Mostafa, Police Commissioner Abdul Alim Mahmud, Deputy
Commissioner Md. Asib Ahsan, Chief Executive Officer of RpCC Ruhul
Amin Miah, Additional Deputy Police Commissioner (Crime) Shahidullah
Kowsar, city Awami League President Shafiur Rahman Shafi and General
Secretary Tushar Kanti Mandal, President of Rangpur City Bazar
Traders’ Association Mostafa Kamal, among others, were present.