The government has a plan to construct/reconstruction and development of 82.42 kilometers more footpath in city area under the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC).
State Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives (LGRD) Moshiur Rahman Ranga said this on behalf of the LGRD minister while responding to a query made by treasury bench lawmaker M Abdul Latif in the House here on Sunday.
The LGRD state minister said almost 193.71 kilometers footpath has already been developed in the last 10 years. Presently, the construction work of 20.68 kilometers footpath is now going on, he added.
As per the instruction of the court, the Ranga said the DSCC authority is always firm to evict illegal encroachment of the footpath and it will be continued in future.
