The two mayors of Dhaka city corporations have been awarded the status of full minister. The cabinet division issued a gazette notification in this regard today, said Cabinet Secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam.
Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Annisul Huq today compared Dhaka’s state to that of an ailing patient in the intensive care unit of a hospital. “Dhaka’s present condition is like a patient in the ICU of a hospital,” he told a roundtable meeting at a hotel in Dhaka, Bangla daily Prothom Alo reports.
The High Court today directed the authorities concerned to properly fix the covers of manholes and sewerage lines in Dhaka within 15 days. It asked the mayors of Dhaka North and South City Corporations and the managing director of Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) to submit a report after complying with the order on October 13.
The fire service yesterday started a probe into the Karwan Bazar fire that gutted 186 shops on May Day. Jahurul Amin, deputy director (operations) of Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defence, leads the five-member committee, said Brig Gen Ali Ahmed Khan, director general of the fire service.
Mayor Annisul Huq wants Rajuk and Wasa under the jurisdiction of the city corporations to get rid of the city's water logging problem. The mayor can do nothing to address the water logging as Wasa digs canals and maintains storm-water drainage system, the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayor said yesterday at a programme organised by Bangladesh University.
Policymakers would do well to pay heed to the call of the DNCC mayor to bring Rajuk and Wasa under the jurisdiction of the city corporations in order to tackle the city's worsening waterlogging problem. The mayor's demand has strong rationale as the city corporations have no control over departments such as Wasa, Rajuk, Police and other service providers in the capital.
Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Annisul Huq said he would not back off from his stance on making the city roads available for traffic and pedestrians. "I am telling you this mayor will be very tough in future and showing muscle power won't work. There will be no compromise," he said after an eviction drive led by him at the capital's Tejgaon Truck Terminal yesterday turned into a clash between police and transport workers resisting it.
Several hundred transport workers went berserk and fought pitched battles with police during an eviction drive against illegal structures at the capital's Tejgaon Truck Terminal yesterday. This happened when Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Annisul Huq himself was leading the drive, which began around 1:00pm.
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayor Annisul Huq declared that Tejgaon truck stand free from illegal parking. Mayor Annisul Huq at a public meeting in the area declared Tejgaon road connecting Satrasta and Karwan Bazar free of illegal truck parking.
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Annisul Huq today observed that a coordinated management is necessary to resolve the problems of Dhaka city. Addressing a ‘Meet the Reports’ at the Dhaka Reporters’ Unity (DRU), the mayor also said the city corporation alone could not solve all the problems.
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