Illegeal ICT Construction

Govt orders action against Rupayan

The government yesterday directed the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) for taking action against Rupayan group for constructing Inland Container Terminal violating High Court rules. The Independent on Sunday ran a report titled ‘Rupayan ‘violates’ High Court order’,inland container terminal in Narayanganj. After publishing of the report, Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan yesterday directed the senior BIWTA officials for taking action against the owner on an urgent basis. “We have already sent the instruction of the minister to BIWTA. The minister directed them to take action immediately,” Jahangir Alam Khan, senior information officer of the shipping ministry, told The Independent. Violating a High Court (HC) ruling, a private company is constructing an inland container terminal (ICT), about 40 feet inside the Shitlakhya river, by allegedly removing 17 demarcation pillars at Dhamghar, in Bandar upazila of Narayanganj. According to the BIWTA and a report of the assistant commissioner (land), the company, Rupayan Port and Logistics Limited, has constructed the ICT occupying river banks. The 17 pillars, set up as per HC directives to mark the boundary and foreshore of the river, were demolished.

Illegeal ICT Construction

Govt orders action against Rupayan

The government yesterday directed the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) for taking action against Rupayan group for constructing Inland Container Terminal violating High Court rules. The Independent on Sunday ran a report titled Rupayan violates High Court order,inland container terminal in Narayanganj. After publishing of the report, Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan yesterday directed the senior BIWTA officials for taking action against the owner on an urgent basis. We have already sent the instruction of the minister to BIWTA. The minister directed them to take action immediately, Jahangir Alam Khan, senior information officer of the shipping ministry, told The Independent. Violating a High Court (HC) ruling, a private company is constructing an inland container terminal (ICT), about 40 feet inside the Shitlakhya river, by allegedly removing 17 demarcation pillars at Dhamghar, in Bandar upazila of Narayanganj. According to the BIWTA and a report of the assistant commissioner (land), the company, Rupayan Port and Logistics Limited, has constructed the ICT occupying river banks. The 17 pillars, set up as per HC directives to mark the boundary and foreshore of the river, were demolished.