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Dr. Mohiuddin Farooque (Petitioner in Writ Petition No. 998 of 1994) and Sekandar Ali Mondol (Petitioner in Writ Petition No. 1576 of 1994) v. Bangladesh, represented by the Secretary, Ministry of Irrigation, Water Development and Flood Control

Pays/Territoire
Bangladesh
Type de cour
Nationale - cour supérieure
Date
Aoû 28, 1997
Source
UNEP, InforMEA
Nom du tribunal
Supreme Court of Bangladesh High Court Division
Juge
Hoque, K.
Huq, A., K.
Numéro de référence
Writ Petition No. 998 of 1994 with Writ Petition No. 1576 of 1994
Langue
Anglais
Sujet
Environnement gén.
Mot clé
Inondation Drainage/assèchement
Résumé
The petitioners questioned the activities and implementation of a flood control programme undertaken in the District of Tangail. The petitioners feared environmental damage from the flood control plan which would affect the life, property, livelihood, vocation and environmental security of more than one million people. The petitioners had been authorized by a resolution of the Executive Committee of the Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA) to represent the association. The court held that the flood control programme (FAP-20) was a development project aimed at controlling floods, which regularly brought misery to the flood-prone areas of Tangail and any interference with the project would deprive the country of the benefits of the scheme and foreign assistance. Although the court found it impractical to stop the work, the court ordered the respondents to comply with the law on drainage and resettlement of displaced persons and not to implement the scheme with impunity.
Texte intégral
Compendium_Vol__II.pdf
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UNEP/UNDP/Dutch Government Joint Project on Environmental Law in Africa, Compendium of Judicial Decisions on Matters related to Environment, National Decisions, Volume II, Page 112