The High Court on Tuesday ordered the authorities concerned to form a committee with experts of relevant departments to regularly monitor all sewerage and gas lines in Dhaka.
The bench of Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice Ahmed Sohel passed the order and issued a rule after holding a hearing on a writ petition filed in this regard.
The court asked the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) chairman, managing director of Titas Gas, managing director of Dhaka Wasa and chief executive officers of Dhaka North City Corporation and Dhaka South City Corporation to form the committee within seven days.
The High Court in its ruling asked the authorities concerned to explain in four weeks why their inaction in ensuring peaceful living of city dwellers shall not be declared illegal.
The court also ordered the committee to submit its report before it every eight weeks and set May 16 for passing further order in this regard.
Rights group Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh filed the writ on March 12 and Advocate Manjil Murshid moved the plea before the court.