The mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has ordered the removal of hanging overhead cables and wires of the city streets that fall under the city corporation's jurisdiction, by June 30.
If the order is not executed, the DNCC will take action, warned Atiqul Islam, also suspending the digging up of roads "in the name of development projects".
The excavation of roads will remain paused from Wednesday till further notice to relieve the sufferings of the city dwellers.
He was addressing a meeting on the transfer of overhead cables and repairings of excavated roads by various organizations in the hall room of Gulshan-2 Nagar Bhaban on Tuesday.
The city dwellers have been sufferings due to non-compliance of the road digging companies. The road can not be dug anywhere in the city from tomorrow till further order, he said.
Md Atiqul Islam said that the overhead cables must be transferred underground in a planned manner and coordination must be strengthened among the companies involved in road excavation.
The meeting was chaired by DNCC Chief Executive Officer Md Selim Raza. Among others, Chief Engineer Brigadier General Muhammad Amirul Islam, Councilor of Ward No-19 Md Mofizur Rahman and heads or representatives of various government and non-government organizations were present.
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