Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Fazle Nur Taposh has directed the officials concerned to evict illegal establishments from Buriganga Old Channel in the capital. He gave the instruction during a visit to Kalunagar Sluicegate and adjoining areas of Buriganga Old Channel in the city Wednesday noon. During the inspection, he asked the officials concerned to evict parts of a 10-storey building and other multi-storey buildings, walls and installations on the canal. Read: Re-excavation work of old Buriganga channel likely to start this month: Taposh Regarding the shear wall of a newly constructed 10-storey building in the canal, Taposh said, "Shear wall has been built in the canal. There will be no shear wall in the canal.” He also ordered them to demolish the wall immediately. Taposh paid a surprise visit to witness the demarcation activities conducted by DSCC, Water Development Board and Dhaka District Administration to restore the Buriganga Old Channel.

The High Court on Sunday ordered the eviction of the illegal establishments on the banks of the Ichamati river in four mouzas of Pabna occupied by 43 persons. The HC bench of Justice Md Mozibur Rahman Miah and Justice Md Kamrul Hossain Mollah passed the order dismissing the writ petition seeking rectification of the HC verdict on the river to keep their illegal establishments on the banks of Ichamati. The court also ordered authorities concerned to lift the stay order on the eviction. It was stated in detail about the river boundary in the case of four rivers around Dhaka that the river boundary will be determined according to the City Survey (CS) record. And the Appellate Division has also upheld that judgment, said the court. Also read: HC directs immediate steps to control mosquitoes at Shahjalal Intl Airport On the other hand, in the case of Turag river, the Appellate Division directed to conduct a survey according to the river boundaries' CS records. In this case, there is no chance to amend the judgment of the High Court in the context of this case. Lawyer Anik R Haque and Lawyer Rawson Alam Khan appeared for the writ petition while Lawyer Manzil Morshed for the state. Lawyer Manzil Morshed said, "After this verdict, there was no legal impediment to the eviction of illegal establishments of 43 people from Ichamati's banks." In 2020, 43 people filed a writ petition in the High Court challenging the notice of eviction of illegal establishments in four mouzas of Ichamati in Pabna Sadar by the Deputy Commissioner. Following the preliminary hearing of the writ petition, on February 27 of that year, the court directed the river commission to take legal action and issued a stay order on the eviction proceedings. After the order, the representatives of the river commission visited the spot and reported to the court. It was stated in the report that the lands occupied by the 43 writ petitioners are on the banks of the Ichamati as per the CS records. Also read: HC directs to shut illegal brick kilns in Dinajpur, Moulvibazar Later, when the court dismissed the writ petition, the 43 writ petitioners filed another writ challenging the report of the river commission. The High Court dismissed that writ petition too. In 2020, the writ petitioners then appealed for the amendment of the judgment of the Supreme Court regarding the four rivers of Dhaka (Buriganga, Shitalakshya, Turag and Balu) in 2009. The petitioners claimed that they own the land as per RS records.  

Separate mobile courts of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) operated drives to evict illegal establishments and ensure use of masks by city dweller to curb the transmission of Covid-19.

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) on Thursday held an eviction drive in Meradia Bazar near Banasree of the city.

BIWTA officials and eviction committee members evicted thirty illegal establishments including a three-storied building from the bank of river Turag on Tuesday.

The High Court on Monday ordered the authorities concerned to remove all the illegal establishments along the banks of the Mayur River in Khulna city and submit the progress report within two months.

A countrywide drive under the supervision of the Water Resources Ministry began on Monday to free river banks from illegal encroachers, aiming to protect the country’s rivers and water-bodies

The local administration started an eviction drive on Monday morning to free the banks of Narod River from illegal occupation.