No person or organisations will be exempted if a breeding ground for mosquitoes is found under them and legal action will be taken, said Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Md Atiqul Islam on Monday. “Legal action will be taken against those who are found responsible for breeding ground of mosquitoes, no person or organisations will be spared. Cases will be filed on a regular basis no matter whether it is government or private organisations,” he said. DNCC mayor came up with the warning while speaking at a view-exchange meeting over the preventing outbreak of culex mosquitoes, held at the Nagar Bhaban auditorium in city’s Gulshan area. “The owners have been given seven days and all owners of the organisations should clean their places and water bodies. We’ll visit different places after seven days and the magistrates of DNCC will conduct the drive,” he said. Read more: DNCC evicts some 100 shops in Rayerbazar “I have visited the Airport area in person where I have seen that mosquitoes are being cultivated in the adjacent canal and water bodies, which is under the ownership of Civil Aviation, Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) and Housing and Public Works Ministry. There are huge amount of hyacinth in the water bodies there,” said Atiqul. He also urged all to clean the canals and water bodies and stop dropping waste in the empty place between two adjacent buildings. Referring to the pollution of canals and water bodies of the city, Atiqul said the canals and water bodies of the city are polluting through the sewage connection of many houses and buildings through surface drain. Read more: DNCC to launch 30-day drive amid uptick in dengue cases “We have said it several times that sewage management should be done in every building. Survey work has already been completed by our waste division in Gulshan, Banani, Niketan and Baridhara areas. The operation will be conducted in these areas on January 4. Strict action will be taken if sewage is connected to the surface drain,” he said.

Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Md Atiqul Islam along with his family have tested positive for Covid-19 for the second time.  The mayor underwent an RT-PCR test on Tuesday noon which came out positive, said a statement of DNCC. READ: Remove haphazard overhead cables by June 30: DNCC mayor Atiqul and his family are currently in home isolation and will be admitted to hospital on doctor's advice if needed, the statement added. The mayor and his family were infected by Covid for the first time in early 2020.

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Md Atiqul Islam on Saturday said that 10 per cent holding tax rebate will be given to the owners of the buildings, which will have rainwater harvesting facility. The mayor was speaking as a special guest at a seminar titled "50 Years of Achievements and Futures in the Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Sector" at a city hotel. Chaired by Senior Secretary of Local Government Division Helal Uddin Ahmed, the Seminar was organized on the occasion of Bangabandhu’s birth centenary and golden jubilee of independence. Mayor Atiqul said Bangladesh has been able to make significant progress and success in the last 50 years in the safe water, sanitation and hygiene (wash) sector. The DNCC along other stakeholders is working to increase public awareness about safe water, sanitation and hygiene (wash). The Corporation has already completed construction of 47 environmentally friendly and hygienic public toilets, out of 63, he said. Read: No trade license for buildings without fire safety: DNCC Mayor The mayor said the overall environment including water is being polluted due to large number of unplanned houses of Dhaka city as sewage falls directly into drains or canals for lacking of effective septic tank and soak wells of the buildings in elite areas. Atiqul said that modern septic tanks and soak wells have to setup in the houses of the city and keep the purification system active. He emphasized that the purification system needs to be further strengthened by setting up area basis faecal sludge plants in the city corporation area. He said the work of power generation from waste is in the last stage for the first time in the country under the initiative of Dhaka North City Corporation. He also said that the Corporation is working sincerely with short, medium and long term plans to reduce water logging and pollution in the city. Read: Councillors found occupying canals to lose post: DNCC Mayor He said the city needs multiple well-planned reservoirs to solve the waterlogging problem. But sadly, out of 173 acres of land allotted for Kalyanpur reservoir, only 3 acres have reservoirs and the remaining 170 acres are in the possession of illegal occupants. So all-together have to vocal against the illegal occupiers. The DNCC mayor further said that unplanned Dhaka has to be transformed into a liveable, healthy, vibrant and modern Dhaka. Among others, Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Md. Tajul Islam and DSCC Mayor Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh addressed the seminar as chief guest and special guest respectively.

Association of Koreans in Bangladesh donates food, clothing, and hygiene items to Dhaka's underprivileged population.

The residents of capital Dhaka are expected to get a better disciplined transport system next year as buses will be brought under a franchise system by rationalising the existing routes restricting inter-district buses from entering the city.

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Md Atiqul Islam on Tuesday said the construction of 10 U-loop from Uttara to Tejgaon will be completed within this year, significantly cutting down travel time between the two places.