The High Court on Sunday asked the authorities concerned to submit a detailed list of playgrounds and parks, stop construction on them and ensure people’s access to the open spaces in the capital.
The court asked Dhaka city mayors, chairman of Rajdhani Unnayan Katripakkha and chief engineer of Public Works Department to carry out the directives and submit a progress report in six months.
The court also issued a ruling asking the authorities to explain in four weeks why commercialisation of playgrounds and parks, construction of unauthorised structures in the open spaces, and changing structures of such spaces as well as their encroachments would not be declared illegal and violation of the constitutional provisions and the Environment Conservation Act. (More)