Atiqul pledges healthy, modern city in election manifesto
Ruling Awami League’s mayoral candidate for Dhaka North City corporation Md Atiqul Islam on Sunday unveiled his election manifesto at Lakeshore Hotel in the capital.
Atiqul pledged to make Dhaka north a healthy, functioning and modern city if he was elected in election to be held on February 1.
Atiq said that he would go for a year-long anti-mosquito drive and made commitment to build a sustainable waste management system at Amin Bazar landfill introducing recycling system to extract resources from wastes.
He pledged to create area-based park and playground for all groups of people and setting up adequate slaughtering houses for ensuring hygiene in meat market.
Atiq also pledged to take steps against air pollution which was one of the major problems of the city as Dhaka ranked among the most unliveable cities of the world.
He also emphasised comprehensive reproductive healthcare centres.
To make the city functioning, Atiq promised to ensure sufficient footpath network across the city, an integrated traffic management system to reduce traffic jam, hawker rehabilitation and employment, separate bicycler lane at possible locations, smart bus and truck terminals, multi-storied parking, and transport facilities for students.
Atiq made all the pledges in his manifesto he read out at the event but did not mention any specific timeframe to implement those. Three was no mention of how many fields or slaughtering houses would be made.
A number of film stars, businessmen and political leaders, among others, were present at the event that began around two hours behind the scheduled.
Atiq did not entertain any question from journalists.
He said that he wanted to make north Dhaka city modern by installing Sabar Dhaka app, electric bus services, digital civic services including holding tax, birth and death registration and trade licence.
He also pledged to set up digital command centre to make the city disaster resilient and more secured, modernise the community centres and ensure their multiple use, and establishment of cultural centre at every localities.
Atiq also promised to reclaim all the occupied and earth filled city canals to end waterlogging.
News Courtesy: www.newagebd.net
