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Anti- encroachm ent Drive

4 big structures on Shitalakhya knocked down

Staff Correspondent
On the eighth day of the ongoing eviction drive against encroachers, portions of four big structures on the Shitalakhya at Narayanganj were pulled down yesterday.
Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) and Narayanganj district administration jointly carried out the drive.
Meanwhile. BIWTA and Dhaka district administration will launch a similar drive against river grabbers in the river Turag at Amin Bazar in Dhaka this morning.
On-duty Executive Magistrate Abul Kashem of Narayanganj said. “We resumed the drive with demolition of four large-sized structures simultaneously."
The officials on Tuesday had to make fresh marking on a six-storey Chand Flour Mills, as the earlier marking to denote encroachment was altered to evade demolition.
Abdul Matin, chairman of Alirtek Union Parishad and owner of Chand Flour Mills earlier sought two days from authorities to pull down the structure himself.
The time ended yesterday and now the authorities will serve a fresh notice upon the mill owner, Executive Magistrate Abdul Hai said.
Another six-storey residential building owned by Khabir Uddin Mollah. also the owner of Mollah Salt, was illegally constructed on the river. Hai said Khabir also sought two days from authorities that ended yesterday.
The drive in Shitalakhya is to continue today for the ninth day.
Our Narayanganj correspondent adds:The structures demolished yesterday include a salt factory, a jute processing factory belonging to M Wahab and Sons, Bikrampur Salt factory and Popular Jute Mill at Nitaiganj in Narayanganj.
Locals expressed jubilation over demolition of the Bikrampur Salt factor); as it occupied a part of the river where common people used to bathe and wash clothes.
A few labourers were seen engaged in knocking down parts of the six-storey building owned by Khabir Uddin.
Nazimuddin (30), coordinator of workers, received ^BWiAWBgi^teffi^KWu yesterday. He was first rushed to Narayanganj Victoria Hospital and later shifted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
The authorities engaged 150 labourers, two tugboats and two trawlers for yesterday's drive. Senior Deputy Director Md Abu Zafar Hawlader was also present.
The authorities with logistics at their disposal were unable to remove any of the heavily built retaining walls and foundations of the buildings built illegally on the river.
This creates scopes for the encroachers to come back again with makeshift structures, sources pointed out.