Water Tariff Hike: HC issues injunction until Aug 10
The High Court yesterday issued an injunction till August 10 on the Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority's decision of hiking water price by 25 percent from April 1.
The bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim passed the order after holding a virtual hearing on a writ petition filed on June 15 seeking the injunction on the Wasa decision.
Writ petitioner Advocate Tanvir Ahmed placed arguments in support of the petition, while Attorney General Mahbubey Alam opposed it.
Later in the day, Tanvir told The Daily Star that the Dhaka Wasa could not collect the 25 percent hiked water tariff following the HC order.
He added that he would move a petition before the HC after August 10 seeking extension of the order.
In the petition, Tanvir had also prayed to the court to declare the Dhaka Wasa's decision illegal as it had increased water tariff by 5 percent on September 1 last year.
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