Rajuk drive postponed till today

Rajuk yesterday postponed till today a drive to clear the capital's residential areas of illegal and commercial establishments with Chairman M Bazlul Karim Chowdhury stating that the launch required police support which they did not get.

Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) teams had planned to start with Dhanmondi and Uttara yesterday. Today they wish to go through those as well as Gulshan once they are provided law enforcers.

Rajuk Member (development control) Md Asmaul Hossain earlier told The Daily Star that three Rajuk teams would demolish and close illegal structures, including guesthouses, restaurants, hotels and bars.

The drive will also be against illegal structures in car parks, ramps on footpaths and even those running structures on plots not authorised as commercial ones, he said, adding that they were yet to finalise the number of commercial structures present.

“We did not send separate notices to owners of illegal structures as we published a notice for the masses in different newspapers,” he said.