Dhaka South City Corporation (DADSIC) Mayor Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh said that the greening of Dhaka will be reached to international standards by next June.
He made this comment while briefing media after laying the foundation stone of the 'Manda Canal Restoration and Creation of Aesthetic Environment' work near Shapla Bridge in Mugda area on Wednesday morning.
Sheikh Taposh said, "We know that we still have not been able to meet the standards of greening or afforestation required for Dhaka city according to international standards”.
He also said that we will plant about 35,000 trees under our project along the banks of this Manda Canal. Through which a beautiful and aesthetic environment will be created in this area. Along with that, the activities of greening and afforestation for our city will be accelerated.
Expressing hope for the visible change of the canals by June next year, the mayor said, "Manda canal is the largest (8.7 km) of the canals being implemented." It is followed by Shyampur (4.78 km), Jirani (3.9 km) and Kalunagar (2.4 km) canals. In that context, we started the work of restoration of Manda canal and creation of aesthetic environment. All the works of the project will be started by December.
Dhaka residents will notice a visible change by December and a drastic change will come in June next year.
That is how all our consultants, contractors and officials are working. We are hopeful that we will be able to bring visible and aesthetic changes (of the canals) within the next one year, he added.
Dhaka South City Corporation has started the implementation of the project to restore Shyampur, Jirani, Manda and Kalungar canals and create an aesthetic environment at a cost of Tk 898 crore 73 lakhs. Out of this, Tk 397 crore will be spent on restoration of 8.7 km long Manda canal and creation of aesthetic environment.
Manda canal restoration and aesthetic creation includes land development, canal waste and sediment removal, construction of bicycle lanes and approach roads, construction of three amphitheatres, construction of exercise shed-fountain-walkway-ghat, construction of 32 pedestrian crossing bridges and six vehicular bridges. , construction of sitting benches, construction of children's play ground, food-court and coffee shop, construction of RCC retaining wall and slope protection, construction of scenic protection fence and construction of public toilets etc.
