First Senior Assistant Judge Rubayet Ferdous recorded the representative suit filed by lawyer Kazi Sanwar Ahmed Lavlu on Monday. The lawyer said he would move the court for the publication of the summons to the 16 respondents after the Eid-ul-Azha holidays. When the authorities began evicting residents from Railway Hospital Colony quarters recently, members of the public and activists alike burst into protests. Under the project, the structures are supposed to be constructed next to the Railway Hospital and quarters on a six-acre piece of land in the CRB area at an estimated cost of Tk 400 over 12 years. Although Bangladesh Railway said no old tree will be felled for the project, protesters said the construction will threaten the environment of the entire area.

Source: bd News24 July 19, 2021 16:41 UTC