Eviction drive starts
Patuakhali Roads and Highways Department (RHD) started an eviction drive yesterday to remove all illegal structures along the 70-km-long Patuakhali-Kuakata road.
The drive started at about 9:00am, and 120 illegal structures were removed from the 5-km-long road from Kuakata zero point to Sheikh Rasel Bridge in Mohipur area till 2:00pm.
Executive Magistrate Md Shariful Islam, also estate and legal officer of RHD Khulna zone, and Patuakhali RHD Executive Engineer Mir Nizamuddin, jointly led the drive.
A team of police led by Officer-in-Charge of Mohipur Police Station under Kalapara upazila Mizanur Rahman assisted them.
Nizamuddin said they started the drive to remove all illegal structures from both sides of the Patuakhali-Kuakata road, and it will be completed within a week.
Several thousand structures were built on both sides of the road occupying RHD land, which hampered movement of vehicles.
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