HC asks govt to stop new commercial works at Dhanmondi

High Court (HC) Wednesday directed the government not to allow any further commercial operation and institution within the city's Dhanmondi residential area for the next six months.
In response to a writ petition, the court also directed the government to submit a report within four weeks on what steps they took to remove illegal commercial institutions from the area since 1999.
The HC bench of Justice Mohammad Momtazuddin Ahmed and Justice Gobinda Chandra Tagore also issued a rule upon the government to explain within four weeks why it should not be directed to evict the institutions.
Dhanmondi Residential Welfare Association President MA Masud and General Secretary MA Matin Chowdhury jointly filed the writ petition on Tuesday as public interest litigation.
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