Wasa demolishes 20 more houses
Staff Correspondent
The Dhaka Water and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) yesterday demolished some 20 bamboo-made houses on the city's Begunbari canal as part of its drive to free the blocked parts of the city's open canals.To save the capital from severe water logging during monsoon the government has decided to recover the canals from the encroachers. At 10:30am, Wasa labourers along with the dwellers themselves demolished the tin-shed houses at Begunbari. Quamrul Alam Chowdhury, Superintendent Engineer (drainage circle) of Wasa said people themselves demolished their houses. One of the dwellers fled as he used to process local liquor in his thatch, he said. Al Amin, 70, an inhabitant, said "I have been living here since the Bangabandhu's regime and my shelter did not occupy any part of the canal." The eviction team led by two magistrates, one from Wasa and another from the district administration conducted the drive. Adequate police personnel both male and female were deployed to avert any untoward incidents. Wasa selected eight open canals on priority basis. These are the Kalyanpur branch canals, the Begunbari canal, the Mohakhali canal, the Zirani canal in Rampura, the Katasur canal in Mohammad-pur, the Ramchandrapur canal in Mohammadpur, the Ibrahimpur canal and a cross-dam barrier on the Gulshan-Banani Lake. The drive has already been conducted on the branches of the Kalyanpur canal and the Katasur and Ramchandrapur canals in Mohammadpur. Wasa sources informed the drive will continue till May this year.
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