Restaurant of AL leader on govt land yet to be removed
The district administration is yet to evict an illegal structure built by a local Awami League leader on a government land in the Teesta Barrage's KPI area next to the flood bypass road in Hatibandha upazila.
Gaddimari Union Parishad (UP) Chairman Abu Bakkar Siddique Shyamol, also organising secretary of Hatibandha upazila unit AL, started building the structure there in July 2021.
The illegal establishment has been named "Bairali Fast Food Chinese Restaurant and Community Centre".
According to the Water Development Board (WDB), 30 decimals of its land have been illegally occupied by the AL leader, who has been reluctant to move the structure despite receiving multiple notices from the WDB.
Meanwhile, locals said the process is taking too long, making them wonder if the illegal structure would ever be evicted.
Contacted, Shyamol claimed he owned the land. He, however, could not show any document to support his claim.
Abdur Rob, WDB assistant revenue officer at Dalia, said although Shyamol was served notices on August 11 and August 25 last year to stop the construction work, he didn't pay any heed.
On September of 1 the same year, WDB authorities lodged a written complaint with Hatibandha Police Station in this regard.
Shyamol recently filed a petition in the High Court claiming validity of the illegal structure but it was dismissed on August 14 this year, he added. Asfa Uddoula, WDB executive engineer at Dalia, said, "We submitted two written applications to the district administration on September 23, 2021, and June 6 this year to evict the illegal structure."
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