Dhaka North City Corporation administrator Mohammad Azaz on Saturday said that drives would be conducted after Eid-ul-Fitr to free footpaths from illegal grabbers.
鈥楾he trade licenses of shopkeepers who encroach on the sidewalks will be cancelled and their shops will be sealed off by conducting drive after Eid,鈥� he told journalists while inspecting the ongoing development work on the Mirpur 60-feet road.
The DNCC administrator said, 鈥榃e have seen footpath encroachment in many places. Many garage owners are using the sidewalks and roads to wash motorcycles and cars.鈥�
Many shopkeepers are using the sidewalks outside the boundaries of their shops to do business, he said, adding, 鈥業 urge them to free the sidewalks of roads.鈥�
Referring to two very important roads in the DNCC area 鈥揗irpur 60 feet and Mirpur DOHS-Uttara Diabari road 鈥�, he said, 鈥榃e have already completed the repair work on the road from Mirpur DOHS to Uttara Diabari and opened it to the public.鈥�
The work on the 60-feet road will be completed and made suitable for public movement before Eid, he added.
He also said that all roads under construction in the DNCC areas would be completed before Pahela Baishakh.
He along with the DNCC officials also inspected the 鈥楤ogar Mar Canal鈥� in Shewrapara-Ananda Bazar.
Later, he inspected the Rupnagar Duaripara Canal. He exchanged views with Uttar Pallabi house and its flat owners association in the capital.
DNCC chief executive officer Abu Sayeed Md Kamruzzaman, chief engineer Brigadier General Md Moin Uddin, chief health officer Brigadier General Imrul Kayes Chowdhury, chief waste management officer Commodore ABM Shamsul Alam and several senior officials were present on the occasion.
