Stop illegal parking, use of hydraulic horns in capital

The High Court yesterday directed the government to immediately stop illegal parking of vehicles, sound pollution and use of hydraulic horns in the capital.

In response to a petition, the court asked the commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) to submit a report complying with the order before it by November 3, Deputy Attorney General Tapas Kumar Biswas told The Daily Star.

It also issued a rule upon the authorities to explain in four weeks as to why they should not be directed to comply with the order.  Secretaries to the ministries of home and environment and DMP commissioner have been made respondents to the rule, said petitioner's lawyer Eunus Ali Akond. Supreme Court lawyer Hossain Al-Amin submitted the petition to the HC on August 24.