The High Court on Monday ordered to remove all graffiti and posters from all flyovers in Dhaka within the next two weeks.
The court also ordered the authorities to take appropriate legal actions against those involved in such activities in accordance with section 6 of the Graffiti Writing and Poster Sticking Control Act, 2012.
Besides, it also directed to form a monitoring committee in a week.
The High Court bench of Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice Ahmed Sohel delivered the order in a hearing of a writ petition filed on February 2.
Senior lawyer Manzil Morshed appeared for the writ in the court.
Advocates Md Sarwar Ahad and Ripon Barai filed the writ on behalf of Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh (HRPB).
The writ petition sought directions to remove various advertisement writings and posters from the walls of all flyovers in Dhaka.
At the same time, the writ sought directions to form a monitoring committee to stop putting posters and writing on flyover walls.
Besides, instructions were sought for the implementation of the Graffiti Writing and Poster Sticking Control Act, 2012.
In the writ, the secretary of the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives secretaries, two city corporations of Dhaka, the chief engineers of the local government department, the chairman of Rajuk and the police commissioner of Dhaka were made defendants.
The writ petition said according to the Graffiti Writing and Poster Sticking Control Act, 2012, graffiti or posters shall not be put up at any place other than the designated place.
