The High Court has imposed an injunction on all activities related to constructing a secondary transfer station (STS) for waste dumping by Gazipur City Corporation inside Bhawal National Park and adjoining reserved forest.
The court also ordered the city corporation to refrain from dumping garbage in the park and surrounding areas, said a press release issued on Monday.
The order came after a hearing of a public interest writ petition (No. 5098/2026) filed by the Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA).
The bench of Justice Bhishmadev Chakraborty and Justice Abdur Rahman also asked why the Gazipur City Corporation’s failure to stop unauthorszed STS construction and continuous dumping near the park gate should not be declared illegal and against public interest.
The court further sought explanation why the authorities should not be directed to pay compensation for damage to the park and forest.
It also asked why the environment ministry and forest department should not be directed to demarcate the park boundary, restore natural forest and wildlife habitats, regulate tourism, and introduce technology‑based monitoring to protect the park.
BELA lawyers Minhazul Haque Chowdhury, assisted by Rumana Sharmin and Touhidul Alam, represented the petitioners.
According to case documents, the city corporation has long been dumping waste near the park gate and boundary walls, harming biodiversity and wildlife habitats and causing public nuisance as garbage spread onto the highway.
Earlier interventions by the forest department stopped dumping in 2024 and 2025, but the corporation recently resumed the practice and began unauthorised STS construction on reserved forest and private land.
The secretaries of the local government and environment ministries, senior officials of the Department of Environment and Forest Department, the deputy commissioner and police superintendent of Gazipur, and Gazipur City Corporation’s administrator and chief waste management officer have been made respondents to the rule.
