Demolition of illegal structures begins in Tangail town

Tangail district administration has started demolishing illegal structures on the government land at different places in the town.

The drive started on Monday and over 100 illegal structures have been demolished since then.

On Tuesday, the administration knocked down illegal structures, including tea stalls, medicine and other shops around Tangail Medical College Hospital.

The structures were hampering the movement of patients coming to the hospital and also causing traffic jam and other problems in the area, hospital sources said.

Such structures were also demolished in Old Bus Stand and Mymensingh Road areas in the last two days.

Additional Deputy Commissioner (revenue) of Tangail Lal Hossain, Civil Surgeon Dr Syed Ibne Sayid, and Executive Engineer of Roads and Highways Department Noor-e-Alam, were present during the drive.

"A section of dishonest people have been running businesses by erecting illegal structures on government land at different places in the town for long," said Mahbub Hossain, deputy commissioner (DC) of Tangail.  

“The drive will continue until the illegal structures are removed,” he added. 

Earlier, the district administration had made a public announcement, directing the owners to remove their illegal structures from the government land.