Stop earth filling in Meghna
The High Court yesterday directed the government to immediately stop earth filling, encroachment and constructing structures in the river Meghna at Sonargaon in Narayanganj.
In response to a writ petition, the court also issued a rule upon the government to explain within two weeks why it should not be directed to take steps to protect the river and to remove the structures reportedly constructed occupying the river.
Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh (HRPB) filed the petition yesterday following a report published on a Bangla daily on August 8 saying that Meghna Group is occupying the river Meghna at Sonargaon.
Advocate Manzill Musrhid appeared for the petitioner, while Deputy Attorney General ABM Altaf Hossain represented the government.
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