Lawyer sues Godagari UNO for filling up pond
A lawyer yesterday filed a case against Rajshahi's Godagari Upazila Nirbahi Officer Jana Alam for filling a pond without regard to environmental laws.
Lawyer Salah Uddin Biswas filed the case against seven people, including the UNO, with the Environment Court in Rajshahi.
The court's senior judicial magistrate Abu Taleb accepted the case and fixed the date for hearing on the case on May 22 in presence of an inspector from the Department of Environment.
Contacted, the UNO said the pond was under illegal occupation of some local people for last 15 years.
"The land grabbers are now taking new strategies to keep the land under their occupation," he added.
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