BIWTA asked to maintain status quo in construction on Buriganga
Monday, 17 May 2010
The High Court (HC) Sunday asked the government to maintain a three-month status quo on construction of a recreation centre on the river Buriganga at Kamrangirchar in the capital, reports UNB.
Ordering the status quo, the HC also issued a rule upon the government to explain within three weeks why the impugned construction works should not be declared illegal.
An HC division bench comprising Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury and Justice M Delwar Hossain passed the interim orders upon a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) writ petition filed by Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh HRPB), a rights watchdog.