Staff Reporter :
The High Court on Sunday ordered the concerned bodies of the government to take immediate step to curb mosquito menace at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.
The chairman of the civil aviation authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) and other respondents have been asked to comply with the order and submit a report in the court regarding the steps taken by the authority within 10 days.
The High Court bench of Justice JBM Hassan and Justice Fatema Najib passed the order after hearing a supplementary writ petition filed by Supreme Court lawyer Tanvir Ahmed seeking its directive on the respondents to take immediate steps for tackling the mosquito menace at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.
Following a writ petition filed by Tanvir another High Court bench headed by Justice F R M Nazmul Ahasan on March 12 in 2019 issued a rule asking the respondents to explain in four weeks as to why their inaction to kill mosquitoes in Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport and its surrounding areas should not be declared illegal.
In the rule, the HC also asked the authorities to show cause as to why they should not be directed to take urgent steps to tackle the mosquito menace there.
Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism, Chairman of Bangladesh Civil Aviation Authority, Mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation and Councilor of the Ward concerned of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport were made respondents to the rule.
Tanvir said he filed the supplementary petition recently annexing a published report stating that mosquito infestation has been increased again in Shahjalal Airport. After hearing the petition the court passed order on Sunday.
Lawyer Tanvir Ahmed appeared in the court hearing in support of his petition, while deputy attorney general Tushar Kanti Roy represented the state.
