The upazila administration has removed extended parts of shops that had been built out onto the main roads of Chougachha town in Jashore. The drive was carried out at 10:30am on Tuesday (10 November), led by Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Farzana Islam.
Extensions of shops on both sides of the road from the Jashore bus stand to the upazila parishad were taken down. A temporary ticket counter for passenger buses and a chotpoti stall standing on the road at the Press Club crossing were also removed, along with other structures built on roads across the town.
Traders who had set up shop on the road were warned during the drive. The administration said strict action would be taken against anyone who occupies the road with a shop in future.
UNO Farzana Islam said the drive was carried out so that people can move freely, and that such drives will continue.
Assistant Commissioner (Land) GMA Munib; Kazi Babul Hossain, officer-in-charge of Chougachha police station; Master Kamal Ahmed, assistant secretary of the upazila Jamaat; Selim Reza Aulia and Abdul Halim Chanchal, president and secretary of the municipal BNP; Rahidul Islam Khan, vice-president of Chougachha Press Club; its general secretary Azizur Rahman and finance secretary Asaduzzaman Mukta; Hasibul Islam Hasib, general secretary of the bazaar traders’ association; and other local figures were present.
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