Ishwardi (Pabna) Correspondent :
About 127 illegal structures have been evicted in Rooppur intersection and Green City area near Rooppur nuclear project. On Saturday, a joint operation was conducted in Rooppur Junction and Notunhat Housing Green City area along the roads of the Roads and Public Paths Department.
It is known that to ensure the safety of the under-construction Rooppur nuclear project, a plan was taken long ago to evacuate the illegally constructed structures at the site of the Roads and Highways Department. Locals have been conducting business for a long time by building shops in these illegal establishments.
Notices and miking have been served before for several times in the past to remove these illegal structures. Even then, if the structures were not removed.
the upazila administration, police department, road and highway department and the army started a joint operation on Saturday. Meanwhile, a total of 127 illegally occupied structures including shops, hotels and restaurants on both sides of the road were evicted.
Upazila Executive Officer Subir Kumar Das, Ishwardi Circle Additional Superintendent of Police Biplob Kumar Goswami, Assistant Commissioner (Lands) Shahadat Hossain Khan, Police Station Officer-in-Charge Rafiqul Islam, Pabna Roads and Highways Directorate Sub-Divisional Engineer, Sadikur Rahman along with Roads and Highways Directorate officials and army personnel. Officials were present at the time.
Upazila Executive Officer Subir Kumar Das said that the site of Roads and Public Roads Department was illegally occupied by the construction of shops along with hotels and restaurants. To ensure the overall safety of the Rooppur nuclear power project, repeated notices and mykeing are issued to move the installations. But 127 illegal structures have been evicted today as the squatters did not heed. Stating that the operation will continue, he said, we will gradually remove all the illegal structures on the road around the Rooppur nuclear project.