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Rajuk removes one more roadblock to Hatirjheel-Begunbari project

City Correspondent
Rajdhani Unnyan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) authority yesterday removed a filling station named Midway from the Hatirjheel-Begunbari integrated development project area.
Rajuk men backed by police and army personnel knocked down the structure at the filling station in presence of magistrate and Rajuk high officials.
Rajuk's member (development) Jainal Abedin Bhuiyan said they demolished the establishment since it falls within the project area.
Rajuk chief engineer Md. Shah Alam said the land on which the filling station was set up belongs to the Bangladesh Railway.
"The Railway authorities cancelled the contract with the owners of the filling station around six months ago as per agreement and handed over the
land to Rajuk for the project," he said.
The Rajuk authorised officer con-erned served notice on the owner of the filling station as per the Building Construction Act asking for removal of the set-ups but the owner did not comply with the notice, said Alam.
During the drive the authorities also demolished a portion of a multistoried building and a number shanties.
However, thel5-storey commercial building constructed by Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) still remains in the middle of Begunbari canal of the project area.
According to sources, the matter is still being discussed at the top level of the government.
The BNP government during its tenure leased out eight large plots in the city's Bugunbari canal, which include four for CNG (compressed natural gas)
filling stations, not only in violation of the city's master plan and wetland conservation act but also bending the Bangladesh Railway's land management rules of2006, sources said.
At the fag end of its tenure, the BNP government also allotted four plots to Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI), Bangladesh Textile Milk Association (BTMA), Hotel Hilton (Millennium Holding Limited) and International Arbitration Centre ignoring the environment and wetland conservation related laws, they pointed out.
Of the 295-acre project area, 175 acres of land belong to the government, according to project's expert team survey. The total project cost stands at Tk. 1473.68 crores.
Engineering brigade of Bangladesh Army is playing the key role in implementation of the project, expected to be completed by 2010.