BCC ignores court order, continues demolition
Barisal City Corporation demolished boundary wall of a teacher's house and fell trees in the compound in the city last month allegedly violating a court order. Photo: STAR
Barisal City Corporation (BCC) has demolished the boundary wall of a private house and cut down trees on its two decimal of land for expansion of a road and construction of a drain, violating court order. The property belongs to the family of Prof AFM Abdul Moin, a teacher of management department of Dhaka University. Talking to this correspondent, Moin said they filed a writ petition with the High Court on February 15 after the city corporation damaged a portion of the boundary wall to occupy their land without giving prior notice and compensation. Upon the writ petition, the HC ordered status quo and served a show cause notice on the BCC, giving it a four-week time. As the BCC demolished the boundary wall and chopped the trees on the land, ignoring the high court order on February 26, the land owners filed a contempt of court petition with the Additional District Magistrate's Court, Barisal, on March 3. The BCC had continued its drain construction and road expansion work even after filing of the contempt petition, the victims alleged. Contacted, BCC Executive Engineer Abdul Motaleb acknowledged demolishing boundary wall and cutting down trees on the private land for construction of a drain and expansion of a city road. He, however, said they stopped work on receiving the court order on March 10.
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