Chittagong Bureau :
Chittagong District Administration in the backdrop of heavy shower and upcoming monsoon started eviction of the residents of 40 unauthorized makeshift houses illegally set up on the hillocks of Battali hills and risky places in the city on Thursday .
The eviction team also slashed the supply of electricity and water to the houses during the drive.
Assistant Commissioner (Land), Sadar circle, Saiful Islam led the eviction drive in the slopes of AK Khan complex in Battali hills area around 11 am.
AC-Land, Agrabad circle, Abu Hossain Siddique, AC-Land, Chandgaon circle, Mohammad Afzal Hossain and executive magistrate of Chittagong WASA Mohammad Shamsuzzaman, police, representatives from Chittagong City Corporation, Chittagong Development Authority, Bangladesh Railway, Fire service and electricity department were present during the eviction drive.
The district administration came up with the move in order to avert possible loss of lives from landslides in the monsoon as the soil on the hills become softer and may trigger a landslide, posing threat to the lives of the low-living people dwelling on those risky hills pockets during the rainy season.
Saiful Islam, after the eviction drive, told journalists that despite several notices served from the district administration, the families were still living in the hills in a very dangerous state.
He also said that the authorities would gradually evict all families living in different risky hills in the city.
Chittagong District Administration in the backdrop of heavy shower and upcoming monsoon started eviction of the residents of 40 unauthorized makeshift houses illegally set up on the hillocks of Battali hills and risky places in the city on Thursday .
The eviction team also slashed the supply of electricity and water to the houses during the drive.
Assistant Commissioner (Land), Sadar circle, Saiful Islam led the eviction drive in the slopes of AK Khan complex in Battali hills area around 11 am.
AC-Land, Agrabad circle, Abu Hossain Siddique, AC-Land, Chandgaon circle, Mohammad Afzal Hossain and executive magistrate of Chittagong WASA Mohammad Shamsuzzaman, police, representatives from Chittagong City Corporation, Chittagong Development Authority, Bangladesh Railway, Fire service and electricity department were present during the eviction drive.
The district administration came up with the move in order to avert possible loss of lives from landslides in the monsoon as the soil on the hills become softer and may trigger a landslide, posing threat to the lives of the low-living people dwelling on those risky hills pockets during the rainy season.
Saiful Islam, after the eviction drive, told journalists that despite several notices served from the district administration, the families were still living in the hills in a very dangerous state.
He also said that the authorities would gradually evict all families living in different risky hills in the city.
