SC clears way for removal of Hanif Flyover’s stairs

The Appellate Division on Monday cleared the way for the Dhaka South City Corporation to demolish in two weeks stairs constructed at different points of Mayor Mohammad Hanif Flyover.
A three-judge bench chaired by chief justice SK Sinha dismissed a petition filed by Orion Infrastructure Limited for staying a High Court order to demolish the stairs.
On May 31, the High Court bench of Justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury and Justice Md Iqbal Kabir passed the order suo moto.
The court took cognisance of a newspaper report under caption ‘Mayor Mohamamd Hanif Flyover: None took action against illegal stairs!’ published on May 28.
The bench also had issued a suo moto rule asking the authorities to explain why construction of the stairs at different points of the flyover would not be declared illegal.
The court observed that reckless, irresponsible and callous act of putting up the stairs was not only hampering smooth flow of traffic on the flyover, but also endangering public life and property.

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