Staff Reporter:
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman yesterday put emphasis on building a clean and green city and protect-ing city dwellers from mosquito infestation.
“The Prime Minister emphasized three issues- a clean Dhaka, a green Dhaka and protecting city dwellers from mosquito menace,” DSCC administrator Md Abdus Salam told reporters after a meeting with the premier at his secretariat office yesterday.
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) administrator Md. Safiqul Islam Khan and Gazipur City Corpo-ration (GCC) administrator Md. Shawkat Hossain Sarkar were present in the meeting.
About the meeting, Abdus Salam said revenue collection over the past few months has not met expecta-tions and is lower compared to previous years, leading to a financial crisis.
“We informed the Prime Minister about the matter,” he said.
“We have sought a block allocation from to run the city corporation. We also requested him to instruct the Local Government Ministry to extend cooperation in our various projects and activities,” he said.
Salam said that indiscriminate work orders issued by the previous administration could lead to the col-lapse of the city corporation if implemented without review.
“If we proceed based on all the work orders they have given, the city corporation will collapse. That cannot be done in any way,” he said.
The DSCC administrator said with the monsoon approaching and the potential rise in dengue cases, mos-quito control must be ensured at any cost.
He also stressed that Dhaka must be cleaned, noting that the city had turned into a “factory of waste” and must be transformed.
