Dhaka: Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has issued letters to several government offices regarding the capital’s biodiversity protection and maintaining the natural environment. The letter, signed by the DNCC administrator yesterday, was forwarded to the Ministry of Land, Ministry of Housing and Public Works, National Housing Authority, Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK), Deputy Commissioners, Additional Commissioners (land), registrar, and sub-registrar offices.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, it is crucial to reserve fields, parks, and waterbodies for maintaining the city’s habitability and sustainable development. The DNCC has emphasized that trading, changing, and using fields, parks, and waterbodies proposed in the Detailed Area Plan (DAP 2022-2035) by RAJUK must be stopped immediately. The letter also urges the respective bodies to implement land-tax related policies for the above-mentioned lands.
The DNCC has already taken proactive steps by installing signboards in various locations of the proposed DAP areas in Satarkul, Badda, and Sutivola Mouja. This initiative aims to raise public awareness and prevent the use and trade of 150 acres of land designated for the creation of waterbodies. The signboard installation process in other areas such as Mirpur, Kafrul, Cantonment area, Bhatara, Khilgaon, Baunia, Pallabi, Uttarkhan, and Dakshinkhan is currently underway.