A mayor is said to be the father of a city. Voters show overwhelming support in electing him during mayoral election and pin hope on him thinking that he would sort out the chronic civic problems. But six months into the office, Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Annisul Huq has revealed how hollow the term ‘father of the city’ is!

Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Annisul Huq on Saturday said a big syndicate of thousand crores of taka is there behind a large number of bus companies in the capital, reports UNB. “There’s a big syndicate of thousand crores of taka behind this so many bus companies…I can say, for example, that if I’m the proprietor of a bus company and can collect 10 buses from some owners, I’ll get the personal share from the profit of the buses. It’s very tough to break the syndicate,” he said.

Despite being the city father, Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Annisul Huq on Saturday bemoaned that he has no authority to deal with its 80 percent problems, reports UNB. “Some 80 percent of the problems are not under my purview to solve those. Traffic jam, water-logging, taking off billboards are not my issues. My jobs are officially to oversee the problems relating to parks, streetlights and waste management only,” he said.