Drives against footpath encroachers to be conducted after Eid: Dhaka North administrator

Drives will be conducted after Eid-ul-Fitr to free footpaths from illegal grabbers, Dhaka North City Corporation Administrator Mohammad Azaz said today (15 March).

"The trade licenses of shopkeepers who encroach on the sidewalks will be cancelled and their shops will be sealed off by conducting drives after Eid," he told journalists while inspecting the ongoing development work on the Mirpur 60-feet road.

The administrator said, "We have seen footpath encroachment in many places. Many garage owners are using the sidewalks and roads to wash motorcycles and cars."

Many shopkeepers are using the sidewalks outside the boundaries of their shops to do business, he said, adding, "I urge them to free the sidewalks of roads."

Referring to two very important roads in the DNCC area -- Mirpur 60 feet road and Mirpur DOHS-Uttara Diabari road, he said, "We have already completed the repair work on the road from Mirpur DOHS to Uttara Diabari and opened it to the public."

The work on the 60-feet road will be completed and made suitable for public movement before Eid, he added.

The Dhaka North administrator said all roads under construction in the DNCC areas will be completed before Pohela Baishakh.

He along with the DNCC officials also inspected the "Bogar Mar Canal" 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.

Dhka North Chief Executive Officer Abu Sayeed Md Kamruzzaman, Chief Engineer Brigadier General Md Moin Uddin, Chief Health Officer Brig Gen Imrul Kayes Chowdhury, Chief Waste Management Officer Commodore ABM Shamsul Alam and several senior officials were present on the occasion.