Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has removed a total of 1,25, 000 illegal banners and festoons across the city over the past month.
DNCC Administrator Mohammad Ejaz disclosed this following a review meeting on the ‘Banner and Festoon Removal Campaign’ at the city corporation headquarters on Thursday.
Urging all not to dirty the city with banners and festoons, he said they removed nearly 1, 25, 000 banners and festoons in the last month, describing it a challenging work for them.
During the meeting, officials presented detailed statistics from the campaign conducted across 52 wards in DNCC’s 10 zones.
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According to the report, Zone-3 saw the highest number of removals at 29,441, followed by Zone-2 with nearly 25,000, Zone-4 with 18,000, Zone-5 with 12,000, and Zone-9 with around 11,000 banners and festoons cleared.
Since last month, DNCC has designated nearly 30 locations across the city for free poster placements, after which a coordinated operation to remove illegally installed banners, posters, and festoons was launched.
The campaign covered all 52 wards under the 10 DNCC zones and will continue as part of the city’s ongoing cleanliness efforts.