Chattogram Bureau :
Chittagong City Corporation Mayor Rezaul Karim Chowdhury has issued a clear warning that not even an inch of the main waterways of the city will be evicted. Illegal occupants and installations will be evicted. No matter how influential it is, no one will be given a discount on sesame seeds. The position of the boundaries of the canals as determined by the design of the CS and RS surveys must be ascertained. He added that many canals flowing through the city have become extinct due to the aggression of land robbers. More than 8-10 feet on either side of what is still flowing has been left unoccupied, and illegal installations have sprung up. Its adverse effects are civic relief. In the interest of this city, at any cost, illegal settlements on both sides of the canal will be evicted and occupiers will be freed to ensure civic relief.
He made the remarks while inspecting the CCC canal cleaning and garbage removal activities in the area adjacent to the pool at South Bakalia Ishaq on Thursday morning.
At that time, he said to the locals, the water of Bakalia area falls into Karnafuli River through Mirzakhal-Birjakhal-middle canal. Due to the unawareness of the locals, these three canals have become garbage dumps. In other words, some people in the area are responsible for depriving these canals of navigability. Even after cleaning the canals repeatedly, the canals go back to their previous condition in a few days. CCC cannot take the responsibility alone. The main responsibility lies with the locals. If they fail I will be forced to be strict. In this context, he added that the CDA is implementing mega projects under the supervision of the army to alleviate the water shortage in the city.
Its successful implementation will bring blessings to us. There is temporary suffering for any great achievement. This is also happening in this case and it has to be accepted. However, I hope that since the project implementation work is temporarily closed in the monsoon, all the parts of the canal where dams or blocks have been set up in the interest of project implementation will be removed for the time being. CDA authorities also agree on this. So if the removal of obstacles is completed quickly, the suffering of the citizens will be alleviated.
Welcoming the ongoing elevated expressway project, the Mayor said that if it is implemented, traffic congestion will be reduced. The airport can be reached from the city center in just half an hour. But I would hope that this end of the city would start from the other side of the Tigerpass Over Bridge. As a result, the eye-catching natural beauty of Tigerpass and Overbridge will be preserved. He added that criminal incidents are taking place on flyovers these days. Ongoing vehicles are being hijacked and accidents are taking place. He urged the law enforcement agencies to be vigilant in this regard.
