Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) with the help of the district administration yesterday demolished nearly two dozen illegal structures in a drive to free the city’s Kalyanpur canal from encroachers.
The eviction team knocked down at least 23 illegal structures including two houses but spared two mosques that encroached upon the canal.
“We will discuss the removal of the mosques with their authorities,” said Ruhul Amin, executive engineer of Wasa.
He said they engaged nearly a hundred day-labourers to demolish illegal structures on the three-kilometre canal adjacent to the Dhaka Housing project.
Asked why bulldozers were not used in the drive, the Wasa engineer said there was an uncertainty about the drive following a court stay order.
Nearly half kilometre of the canal was occupied by the illegal structures, he said.
Policemen stood guard during the eviction.
