A recent High Court order also made river land grabbers ineligible for bank loans and election participation. Following the High Court order on river safety, the government has intensified a crackdown on river encroachers, with 908 structures removed in Dhaka alone until Wednesday. “We are demolishing the illegal establishments on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays,” he said, hoping to end the clampdown by February 19. In Habiganj, more than 300 illegal structures built near the highway were bulldozed to the ground. “After repeated calls from the prime minister, now the High Court also insisted on saving the rivers.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 06, 2019 18:56 UTC