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The court said it was repeatedly breaking its promise by failing to implement the verdict on time. WASA MD is deliberately failing to comply with the verdict and is repeatedly wasting time with Avidavid.
Later, the court warned Taksim Khan and ordered him to submit a report on the implementation of the verdict and order within the next month.
The court has set October 16 for the next order.
Attorney Manzil Morshed appeared for HRPB, the written petitioner. Amatul Karim, attorney for the Department of the Environment, and Umme Salma, attorney for WASA MD, were present at the hearing.
The HRPB filed the writ petition in 2010 seeking instructions to take effective measures to prevent water contamination in the Buriganga River.
After the final hearing, the verdict was rendered on June 1, 2011 with three-point instructions.
This includes immediate actions to stop the dumping of waste into the Buriganga and the closure of all sewage (sewer) lines and industrial waste discharge lines connected to the Buriganga River within six months.
The HRPB submitted a supplemental request on April 30 last year as the directives were not fully implemented.
Taksim A Khan (File photo)
The High Court had summoned WASA Managing Director Taksim Khan for a hearing on the application.
Attorney Manzil Morshed told bdnews24.com that Taksim Khan appeared in court on March 4 and promised to implement the verdict. Subsequently, on August 17 and September 6, WASA submitted two more reports to the court, but the court did not accept them. The court did not accept the report because there was no progress in implementing the verdict and order.
“If another report is filed on behalf of WASA MD at today’s hearing, the court has warned you not to accept it.”
When asked why the court did not accept the latest WASA report (which was presented to the court on Monday), Manzil Morshed said that the court had given WASA twice a week, twice a week, to implement the verdict. after giving a report twice before.
“And the report that was released today says they have disconnected the waste lines from four industries in Hazaribagh connected to Buriganga. And it has been said about Shampur that there is flooding in Shampur. And four of their officers attacked Kovid. But those officials They said nothing about where it came from.
“We objected to this report, saying that if four of them were infected with corona, what is meant by the information?” Also, now there is no flooding in Shampur. The court then refused to accept the report and warned WASA MD. “
Meanwhile, in another court case, the same court ordered the director of the Dhaka division of the environment department, the deputy commissioner and the Dhaka police superintendent, the executive officer of upazila and the officer in charge of the police station of Keraniganj to dump trash on the south bank of the Buriganga River in the next two weeks. And to stop the stacks.
Manzil Sorshed told bdnews24.com: “We have been asked to report on the implementation of the order within 15 days after the garbage is removed.”
The next order is scheduled for September 30, the attorney said.
A contempt rule against Dhaka WASA Managing Director Taksim Khan is pending in the case.
On January 23, the High Court had issued a rule asking why punitive action would not be taken against WASA MD for failing to implement the judgments and court orders to curb contamination from Buriganga, disrupting the normal functioning of the court with false information. and misleading and contempt of court.
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