2024-05-20 08:35:02
Mayor of Dhaka South Metropolis Company Sheikh Fazle Noor Tapas mentioned that the work that has not been finished within the final 40 years in Dhaka has been accomplished after taking cost because the mayor within the final 4 years.
The mayor made this remark at a press convention titled ‘4 years of higher Dhaka’s growth progress’ organized on the event of the one yr anniversary of Mayor Tapas assuming workplace at Nagar Bhaban in Dhaka South Metropolis on Sunday (Could 19).
Mayor Tapas mentioned, earlier than I took cost, solely 24 interim waste switch facilities had been constructed within the space beneath Dhaka South Metropolis Company. Within the final 4 years we’ve got constructed 41 new interim waste switch stations. In the remainder of the wards, our actions are ongoing to assemble interim waste switch centres.
He mentioned that waterlogging and waterlogging is among the amassed issues of town. About 70 % of town’s space can be submerged in a little bit rain. To unravel this drawback, Dhaka South Metropolis Company has been eradicating waste and silt from canals, field culverts and drains as per the annual schedule. Aside from this, a complete of 161 flood susceptible locations have been recognized and flood reduction infrastructure has been constructed and developed at 109 locations with personal funding at a value of Tk 252 crore. Infrastructure development and growth work is ongoing at 26 areas and initiatives have been taken to implement infrastructure development and growth work on the remaining 26 areas. To this point, many areas together with Shyampur industrial space, Midford Street, highway in entrance of Notre Dame School, south and west facet of Bangabhaban, highway in entrance of Bangladesh Financial institution, Bangladesh Secretariat, Lalbagh Street, Azimpur intersection have been solved. Consequently waterlogging drawback has diminished from 70 % to 10 %.
Sheikh Tapas mentioned, because the first day of assuming duty, I’ve been adopting and implementing the zero tolerance coverage with the intention of guaranteeing good governance by eradicating the negligence, irregularities and corruption of the officers and workers in any respect ranges of the company. Within the final 4 years, 38 officers and workers at completely different ranges have been dismissed because of negligence, negligence and corruption.
The mayor mentioned that because of the extreme scarcity of manpower within the every day operations of the company, 143 drivers of heavy automobiles, 66 assistant engineers, 77 accounting assistants, 27 income supervisors, 31 clear inspectors, 20 spray-man supervisors and varied others have been employed within the final 4 years. The recruitment means of 217 individuals is at the moment ongoing with a complete of 879 manpower being appointed within the division.
Mayor Tapas mentioned, I took duty throughout the disaster of the worldwide corona epidemic. Nonetheless, within the midst of the Corona epidemic, we try to make radical modifications in nearly all sectors to make sure the progress of Dhaka South Metropolis Company. Within the development of a developed, livable Dhaka, good governance has been ensured by eradicating the irregularities and corruption current in varied sectors of the company previously 4 years, making radical modifications in waste administration, taking initiatives to revive the unique Buriganga channel, Manda, Shyampur, Jirani and Kalungar canals and create an aesthetic atmosphere, year-round built-in mosquito management. Implementation of actions, taking and implementing multi-dimensional initiatives to deliver the mobility of Dhaka, placing an finish to the occupation empire that has been happening for many years, establishing playgrounds-gardens-raw markets, public bogs in each ward, implementing efficient and sensible actions to alleviate waterlogging and above all by preserving and restoring the heritage of Dhaka. Varied actions have been performed and applied to make Dhaka a spot of status on this planet and it’s ongoing.
He mentioned, after assuming duty, we pay probably the most consideration to arrange the mosquito management program. To attain that purpose, on June 6, 2020, we launched a year-round built-in mosquito management program. At the moment we’re conducting this program all year long as per the schedule. Not solely that, we’ve got appointed new mosquito employees to hurry up mosquito management actions. Earlier 424 employees had been dealing with this exercise. At the moment, 1,500 mosquito employees and mosquito supervisors are usually implementing mosquito management actions. On the identical time we’ve got additionally elevated the required automobiles.
He mentioned, earlier than my assumption of duty, mosquito management actions had been being performed with 551 fogger machines, 431 hand-operated machines and 17 wheelbarrow machines. Within the final 4 years we’ve got bought 535 new fogger machines, 600 hand operated machines and 29 wheelbarrow machines. Along with this, common session with all stakeholders within the mild of the annual work plan, particular cleanliness and dirt management in all instructional establishments (one thousand and 86 colleges, schools, universities and madrasas), mosques and temples, police stations and police stations in authorities and autonomous establishments beneath the jurisdiction of the company. Conducting operations, conducting combing operations, declaring the ward as a purple zone if greater than 10 dengue sufferers are detected in per week, cellular courts have been performed in all 10 areas of the company.
Tapas mentioned, I need to make one factor clear to everybody. Each day info of dengue affected person is offered to us from well being division, beneath the supervision of well being division of company our honorable councillors, regional government officers and mosquito employees go to the tackle and conduct particular combing operation in 300 yards space of dengue affected person residence and surrounding space. However there are numerous inconsistencies within the info offered by the well being division. Consequently, we spend quite a lot of time in eradicating Aedes breeding grounds and we’ve got to be very fast to search out actual sufferers. Nonetheless, because of our intensive supervision, we go to all sufferers’ houses and perform the required procedures. Not a single affected person could possibly be discovered whose house we didn’t go to and the Aedes breeding grounds weren’t destroyed.
The mayor mentioned, after checking like this, till October 31 of final yr, we discovered 9 thousand 764 dengue sufferers in Dhaka South Metropolis Company space (then there have been 271 thousand 175 sufferers in the entire nation), which is simply 3.6 % of the entire nation.