HC asks police to stop construction close to Lalbagh Fort
Monday, 6 December 2010
The High Court (HC) has asked the Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Lalbagh police station to stop all construction work adjacent to the Lalbagh Fort to conserve the historical site, report agencies.
A bench, comprising justices AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury and Sheikh Md Zakir Hossain, Sunday asked the Lalbagh Police to take measures in this regard within 24 hours.
The HC also asked the government to explain why a direction should not be given to execute the relevant building construction rules and Antiquities Act for protecting the heritage of historical Lalbagh Fort.
Ten government officials, including the cultural and home secretaries, the Dhaka city mayor and the Rajuk chairman, have been made respondents to the rule. They will have to respond within three weeks.
The order came following a writ petition filed on Sunday by human rights and environmentalist group Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh.
During the hearing, advocate Manjill Murshid of the human rights group said, "Despite restrictions on construction around the fort area, several buildings have already been constructed. A written complaint to the OC Lalbagh Police Station on October 9 went unheeded."
Deputy attorney general ABM Altaf Hossain was present in the court on behalf of the government.
A bench, comprising justices AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury and Sheikh Md Zakir Hossain, Sunday asked the Lalbagh Police to take measures in this regard within 24 hours.
The HC also asked the government to explain why a direction should not be given to execute the relevant building construction rules and Antiquities Act for protecting the heritage of historical Lalbagh Fort.
Ten government officials, including the cultural and home secretaries, the Dhaka city mayor and the Rajuk chairman, have been made respondents to the rule. They will have to respond within three weeks.
The order came following a writ petition filed on Sunday by human rights and environmentalist group Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh.
During the hearing, advocate Manjill Murshid of the human rights group said, "Despite restrictions on construction around the fort area, several buildings have already been constructed. A written complaint to the OC Lalbagh Police Station on October 9 went unheeded."
Deputy attorney general ABM Altaf Hossain was present in the court on behalf of the government.