Dhaka South City Corporation administrator Mohammad Abdus Salam said there will be no street vendors in the capital without their own identification cards, and no one will be allowed to trade outside designated places.
He made the comments at an exchange meeting with the Dhaka Utility Reporters Association on Wednesday. Vendors will have registration numbers, he said. They will not be allowed to set up on roads, although some sections of wide footpaths may be designated for them.
The city corporation is also planning holiday markets on Fridays and Saturdays and a night market in Motijheel after office hours. Toilets and cleaning arrangements for vendors are planned at those locations.
On waterlogging, Abdus Salam said an old drainage route serving Dhanmondi, New Market, Dhaka College and Green Road has been blocked, damaging drainage in the area. Restoring it will require a long-term drainage system and cannot be completed in one or two months. Many drains in Old Dhaka are old and fragile; cleaning drains and canals is continuing, but rain limits excavation. He said plastic bags and other waste thrown into drains are obstructing water flow.
On dengue, he said owners or users must take action at private properties city workers cannot enter. The DSCC is also considering area-based controls for battery-powered rickshaws. Rickshaws from a particular area would operate only within that area, and some roads could be closed to rickshaw traffic.
Abdus Salam said solving Dhaka’s problems requires coordination among the city corporation, WASA, RAJUK, the electricity authorities and all other urban-service agencies. Roads cut for development work are not repaired on time, leaving the city corporation open to criticism, so integrated urban management is being pursued.
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