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'Free Buriganga' drive from next week

Demolition on Shitalakhya, Turag continues

TAWFIQUE ALI, back from Narayanganj
Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) will stan eviction drive against the encroachers of river Buriganga next week while the dnve along river Turag on the Tongi side ended on its ninth day yesterday.
Besides, the eviction drive conducted jointly by BIWTA and Narayanganj district administration continued yesterday in Shitalakhya for the third consecutive day.
“Though we have stopped eviction from Turag for the time being, it will continue in other rivers surrounding Dhaka till the encroachers are evicted fully," said BIWTA Chairman Md Abdul Mannan Howlader.
In Narayanganj, demolition workers continued to knock down unfinished parts of three
multi-storey buildings built illegally on river Shitalakhya nearTanbazar sub-police station.
A seven-storey garment factory owned by Shahnewaz, a six-storey garment factory and a six-storey residential building owned by former municipality commissioner Md Jahangir were demolished partially in the last three days during the drive. These were heavily built structures and it takes time to demolish, offi-cialssaid.
Though a five-storey garment factory owned by Khandker Sharif Uddin has been identified as built illegally grabbing 12 feet of Shitalakhya river, authorities are yet to knock it down.
Executive magistrate Abul Kashem said the owner complained of anomaly in the survey of the building and later they carried out a resurvey on the spot to check the claim of the owner.
"We will resume the drive with the demolition of the five-storey garment factory on Saturday." said BIWTA senior Deputy Director (Narayanganj Port Officer) Md Abu Zafar Howlader.
. Demolition of the seven-storey garment factory is yet to be finished, he said
Another Narayanganj Executive Magistrate Abdul I lai on eviction duty said that the river demarcation has been done as per the latest revised survey (RS) records.
Another six-storey building, owned by Abdul Malek and located in between two buildings that are being demolished, has been spared due to court's stay order against eviction.
Meanwhile, BIWTA and Gazipur district administration could not carry on the unfinished demolition of Sajid Washing and Dyeing Limited, located near Kamarpara Bridge in Tongi, yesterday following an objection filed by the owner with the districtadministration.
Gazipur district administration, in presence of deputy commissioner, additional deputy commissioner (revenue) and Assistant Commissioner (land) Atul Sarkar, BIWTA Deputy Director Saiful Islam and representatives of the factoryowner, held a hearing on the objection yesterday and found that the objection has no ground.
"We have asked the factory owner to remove structure from the grabbed land immediately. Otherwise, authorities will do it,” said Anil Sarkar.
Saiful Islam said that they finished demolition of Majid Market at Tongi Poura Bazar yesterday. Sajid Washing, a concern of Ha-meem Group, has been built by grabbing 95 feet of riverTurag, ne added.
BIWTA yesterday engaged 150 hired labourers and two tugboats for the demolition drive in Shitalakhya, said port officer Abu Zafar.
The government is paying around I k 2 lakh from the public exchequer every day for the eviction drive in Shitalakhya, said BIWTA Deputy Director Alamgir Kabir. Die amount isTk 1 lakh per day for Turag drive, said Saiful Islam.
A total of 134 structures including makeshift ones built illegally in river Shitalakhya have been listed for partial demolition. Owners of five of the structures have obtained conn's stay orders gainst theviciioa. __
*A voteUoi oB sTAMyjre's h^ been identified as built illegally on Turag at Tongi part while 69 have been identified as such on Dhaka part