Residents of 18 newly included wards in the Dhaka North City Corporation at a public hearing on Tuesday complained of grappling with water stagnation, poor waste disposal, and dilapidated roads, among other issues.
The DNCC began the public hearing at around 11:00am at its office at Gulshan-2, but the DNCC administrator Mohammad Azaz joined the hearing at 1:01pm, just before the hearing was about to end.聽
The DNCC chief executive officer, Abu Sayed Md Kamruzzaman, joined the hearing at 12:28pm.
Syed Ahmed, a resident of Ward 53, said that development work of the road in his ward had been going on for about two years causing huge public suffering, including water stagnation during the monsoon in the area.
He urged the authorities to repair the road from Nayanagar to Siraj Market adjacent to Uttara Sector 10.
He said that the water supply to his area had been stopped for a month, while garbage remained uncollected for three to four days, and there was no walkway for the residents, especially elderly and women, to walk.
Abu Sayeed Mia, a resident of Ward 43 under the DNCC, said that encroachers were filling up canals in their area and urged the city corporation to take action against them.
No visible development work has been done since 2018, and mosquito infestations are still a problem, Sayeed said, urging the authorities to repair the two-kilometre road from Mastul to Talna.
The DNCC chief engineer Brigadier General Md Moin Uddin advised the residents to submit an application to the regional office for road repairs and assured residents that the work would be done on a priority basis.聽聽
Mohammad Badsha, a resident of Ward 39, said that streetlights on the main road had been out of order for the past seven months, and no action had been taken yet in this regard.
He also pointed out that waste removed from drains was being dumped right beside them, raising concerns that it will wash back in when it rains.
Sattar Chowdhury, a resident of Ward 50, said that trade licences, birth and death certificates could not be obtained without paying extra money.
He said that he had to pay Tk 7,000 for a death certificate for a relative.
The government fees for birth registration are between Tk 50 and 100, while no registration is done for less than Tk 1,000, he added.
The DNCC administrator, Mohammad Azaz, said that the city corporation had a lack of staff.
鈥楾o build a just city, the focus will be on improving the environment, ensuring public health protection and fairness in housing, and prioritising infrastructure development in 18 wards,鈥� he added.
Chief waste management officer ABM Shamsul Alam and chief health officer Brigadier General Imru-al-Quais were also present, among others.
On June 28, 2016, the DNCC had included the 18 wards.
