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Dhaka: The Superior Court has ordered the definition of the natural reservoirs of privately owned ponds in all municipal areas of the country, including metropolitan cities, divisions and districts.
The Secretary of Forests, Environment and Climate Change was ordered to publish the bulletin within one year of receiving the verdict.
In this regard, on March 5, Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice. The verdict of the Mostafizur Rahman High Court bench was recently published.
The court said the ponds, which are registered as privately owned in all municipal areas of the country, including metropolitan cities, divisionals and districts, within a year of the verdict, are defined as natural reservoirs under Section 2 (f) of the Reservoir Conservation Act of 2000. The Secretary of Climate Change was instructed.
Attorney Manzil Morshed was on the plaintiff’s side and Attorney Md. Was on the defendant’s side. Moniruzzaman. Assistant Attorney General Amit Talukder was in favor of the government.
In a statement on Thursday, Manzil Morshed said Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh (HRPB) had submitted a written petition in 2012 to stop the filling and occupation of a nearly 100-year-old pond in the Jhautla area of the city of Barisal. . Following the hearing on the writ, the court issued a judgment on September 30 of the same year and ordered a suspension.
In a subsequent rule hearing, advocate Manzil Morshed said that according to the provisions of the Environment Act 1995 and the Reservoir Conservation Act 2000, the filling of any reservoir is prohibited and even if it is a private pond , is included in the definition of a reservoir. The defendant’s lawyer said the pond is privately owned and does not include the metropolitan master plan, so the law does not apply in this case. He added that the case is pending in the civil court of Barisal. Therefore, the writ petition is not defensible.
The court heard statements from then-Attorney General Mahbubey Alam and Chief Counsel Prabir Niyogi in the court case to clarify the interpretation of the law.
At the end of the hearing, Justicia M Enayetur Rahim and Justicia. The Mostafizur Rahman court issued its verdict on March 5 this year. The ruling ruled that the pond boundaries should not be illegally crossed and filled with earth, and that the pond should be properly rehabilitated and the necessary measures taken to conserve potable water.
Bangladesh Time: 2:30 PM, October 22, 2020
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