Gulshan-Banani Lake
Makeshift structures demolished
The Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) leads an eviction drive to free the banks of Gulshan-Banani Lake in the city yesterday. Photo: STAR
The Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) in an eviction drive yesterday knocked down makeshift structures erected on Gulshan-Banani Lake in the city and evicted several hundred slum dwellers from there. The Rajuk carried out the daylong drive, led by its Executive Magistrate Rokon-Ud-Dowla, for the second time on the west side of the lake to the south of Gulshan-Banani arch bridge to free the stretch of illegal occupancy. It carried out similar eviction drive in September last year. Nurul Islam, executive engineer of Rajuk, said that after the September drive, nearly 120 families returned to the lakeside, as they are homeless. This time Rajuk would deploy half a dozen patrol guards to prevent further occupancy of the freed land, said Nurul, also the drive coordinator. “The land on which the slum was built belongs to the lake,” he said. “It is a routine drive but we are also complying with the High Court order to free Gulshan Lake from grabbing,” Nurul Islam said. The drive will resume on February 9 to remove other illegal settlements on the lake towards the south up to Mohakhali.
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