Court asks BGMEA to submit correction undertaking

Staff Correspondent: The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has asked the BGMEA authority to submit the undertaking with correction.

The court will give an order in the regard on Monday.

On Wednesday morning, a four-member bench headed by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain passed the order after rejecting an undertaking seeking one more year.

On Tuesday, The Appellate Division ordered BGMEA to submit an undertaking that it will not file further petitions seeking time to demolish its illegally constructed building.

Built illegally on endangered wetlands in Dhaka about two decades ago, the 19-storey BGMEA building was called ‘a cancer’ on the Hatirjheel Beautification Project by the High Court.

In 2011, the High Court found that the building had been constructed by violating the law meant to protect wetlands and ordered its demolition. The court said the building was hindering the water flow of Begunbari canal and hampering the Hatirjheel project.

A review petition on the decision was dismissed by the Appellate Division and the BGMEA was told to complete demolitions by Sept 12. An additional seven-month extension granted on Oct 8 last year ends on Apr 12.



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