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Osmani Udyan losing charm on growing illegal structures

Sultana Rahman
A good number of so-called 'legal' and illegal structures, both concrete and makeshifts, have been established in and around Osmani Udyan -a major public park in Dhaka — damaging its natural harmony.
The encroachments raised indiscriminately are gradually shrinking the 23-acre park in the heart of the city. The latest addition is a public toilet constructed by Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) at an inconvenient place.
Another portion of the park has become an open garage and parking zone for vehicles of public transport. People keep vehicles there for various purposes including washing and repairing.
"I don't know whether we have permission to use the place for parking, ft is an open place and nobody forbids us from parking there," said Khalil, a staff of a transport company.
A well-shaped eatery made of bamboo and tin has been established facing Golap Shah Mazar. "We set up the restaurant with permission from the land owner Monwara Begum," said Elias Hossain, manager of the restaurant.
Monwara and some others occupied 2.8 lucres of land in the park and put up signboards there in July 2001. But the authorities evicted them in the face of a public outcry and filed a case
against them which is now pending.
At another side of the park, there is a tin-shed office of ruling BNP's labour wing Jatiyatabadi Sramik Dal (ward no 56 unit).The office, just opposite of the central telegraph office, has no pennis-sionatall.
"It is an open area and the party office serves the interest of general workers. For the greater interest of labourer community we set up the office here," said an
official of the unit seeking not to be named.
There are also two tin-shed food shops behind the Sramik Dal office. In addition to these, 10 small shops have been set up illegally inside the park.
"We pay the police and a local leaderTk 100 a day,” claimed the owner of a makeshift shop in the park.
However, a technical committee headed by Professor Sirajul Islam Chowdhury, has been
formed to restore the natural harmony of Osmani Udyan by uprooting the illegal structures.
Sources at the DCC said the technical committee is now preparing its report and expected to submit it by next month.
"Initially we are thinking to plant trees after removing some environment unfriendly trees. We also have plan to make the park convenient for public and arrange playing instruments for children," said a DCC official.