Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Administrator Abdus Salam on Saturday said the government is working to rehabilitate hawkers in an organised manner as their unregulated occupation of roads and footpaths in the past caused public suffering and disorder.

“From now on, a fixed number of hawkers will be allowed to sit at designated places on footpaths or roads for a specified period of time. We are working to rehabilitate hawkers in an organised manner while ensuring uninterrupted movement of pedestrians and vehicles,” he said.

He made the remarks while attending a foundation stone laying programme for road development works at Haq Residential Society area under Zone-2 of DSCC.

Abdus Salam attended the programme as the chief guest while State Minister for Railways and the Road Transport and Highways Division Habibur Rashid Habib was present as the special guest.

The project, being implemented with DSCC’s own funding, includes the development of around 1.1 kilometres of roads along with pipe drains in lanes and by-lanes at an estimated cost of Tk 3.67 crore.

Speaking after the ceremony, the DSCC Administrator said the present government believes in work and the Prime Minister is closely monitoring the overall activities of the city corporations.

He added that the ongoing development projects would be implemented in coordination with the respective lawmakers.

Speaking at the event, State Minister Habibur Rashid Habib expressed optimism that DSCC would fulfill public expectations under the new government with its highest level of capability.

Senior officials of Dhaka South City Corporation and local political leaders were also present at the programme.