Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) evicted some 4,000 illegal establishments in the city, fined Tk 1.27 million and jailed three persons since September 22 to October 1.
On Tuesday, a mobile court of DNCC conducted eviction drives in the city, removed some 150 illegal establishments from footpaths and roads.
A team, led by two executive magistrates Aminul Islam and Mohammad Sajid Anowar, conducted the drives in city’s Gabtoli area and removed some 11 acres of land from illegal occupation.
The DNCC ward councillor Mujib Sarwar Masum and regional executive officer Saleha Binte Siraj, among others, were present during the eviction drive.
Such drives and mobile courts will continue in the coming days, according to a press statement issued on Tuesday.
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