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To save canals, rivers and waterbodies in Dhaka, fecal sludge management is very important and authorities should take immediate steps for its proper management, said speakers at a workshop yesterday. Seventy-one percent household latrines directly or indirectly (85 percent in slums) discharge to open drains, leading to pollution of lakes and canals within the city, said Prof Dr Mujibur Rahman of Buet in his online presentation, held at a city hotel.
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) organised the workshop on sewerage management where representatives of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk), Wasa, Department of Environment, architects, planners and NGOs took part.
The bike lanes to nowhere
Cyclists, urban planners say the two dedicated lanes in the capital are of little use without a wider network
The initial optimism of cyclists surrounding the bike lanes is waning due to frequent encroachment and lack of integrated networks. This photo was taken from Manik Mia Avenue recently. Photo: Palash Khan
Around 15 months after the inauguration of Dhaka North City Corporation s first dedicated bicycle lane in Agargaon, the initial optimism of cyclists surrounding the lanes is waning due to illegal occupation and lack of integrated networks.
In addition to the one in Agargaon, DNCC later unveiled another lane in Manik Mia Avenue a couple of months back as part of a Tk 694 crore urban development project. But either of them is yet to make any meaningful impact in city life, cyclists say.
CTG Mayoral Candidates: Pledges are beyond their mandates
Most pledges made by the mayoral aspirants of the two major parties Awami League and BNP in their manifestos for the January 27 Chattagram City Corporation election are beyond the legal and financial mandates of a mayor, experts said.
Speaking to The Daily Star, local government and urban experts said the promises made by the AL mayoral aspirant Rezaul Karim Chowdhury and his main rival BNP s Shahadat Hossain on the mass transport system, river and canal reclamation, stopping of hill cutting, land management, resolving housing and water-logging problems are not under their jurisdiction.
Managing Dhaka’s 26 Canals, Box Culverts : Charge goes to two city corporations
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The capital s city corporations yesterday formally took over the management and maintenance responsibilities of 26 canals and 10 kilometres of box culverts from Dhaka Wasa, raising hope that the city s long-standing waterlogging problem would be solved.
Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) had been responsible for the 26 canals (84.5km) and the 10 box culverts (around 10km) since 1988. It also looks after 385km of storm water drainage.
The DNCC and DSCC have been managing 2,200km of pipe and surface drains.
Chief Executive Officer ABM Amin Ullah Nuri of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), his Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) counterpart Md Selim Reza, and Managing Director of Dhaka Wasa Taqsem A Khan signed an MoU on behalf of their organisations at a city hotel yesterday.
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