HC issues contempt rule against Wasa MD
The High Court on Thursday issued a contempt of court rule against Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) Managing Director Taqsem A Khan for not complying with its directives in preventing pollution in the Buriganga rivers and making an making untrue statement.
In the rule, the court asked him officials to respond to the rule in four weeks.
An High Court bench of Justice Md Gobinda Chandra Tagore and Justice Mohammad Ullah came up with the rule after hearing a supplementary writ petition filed over the Buriganga river pollution.
Lawyer Manzil Murshid appeared for the HRPB while lawyer Amatul Karim represented the Directorate of Environment (DoE) and lawyer Umme Salma for wasa in the court.
