The government has identified 4,500 houses in Dhaka city that either lack Rajuk’s approval or had violated the city development authority’s approved design, Housing and Public Works Minister Mosharraf Hossain has said.
Addressing the parliament yesterday, the minister said illegal sections of 70 buildings have been removed and fines and cases filed against their owners.
Saying it was partially true that some housing companies were responsible of choking the city’s water drainage system by encroaching on water bodies, he added: “Actions are being taken under the Wetland Protection Act against the companies that illegally fill wetlands and the identified canals.”