The High Court (HC) yesterday directed the Rajuk authorities to free Gulshan Lake from grabbing and encroachment in seven days.
During the hearing on the rule, the court said it has jurisdiction to empower any authority to save the environment, which includes the lake.
The court's action followed a remark made by Nurul Huda, chairman of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) who stated that his office is not empowered to remove illegal structures from the lake, as it (lake) is beyond Rajuk's jurisdiction.