Ensure better housing

Voters from several slums of Dhaka North City Corporation yesterday demanded better accommodation facilities from elected councillors.
They also sought commitments from the elected councillors in setting up public toilets for men and women.
The slum dwellers voiced their demands at a views-exchange meeting with six councillor aspirants for the 26th, 27th and 28th wards of DNCC. 
PWD Sweeper Colony Slum Dwellers and City Slum Development Organisation jointly organised the programme with assistance from different NGOs at The Daily Star Centre in the capital.
The councillor aspirants pledged to fulfil the voters' demands.
Rahima Akter Ronu, a councillor candidate under reserved seats for the three wards, vowed to better the lives of slum dwellers. 
Rokeya Sultana Tamanna, former commissioner and a BNP-backed councillor aspirant, vowed that she would ensure modern amenities for women and children in the slums.
Shamima Rahman, who claims to have received blessings from the prime minister, urged the voters to exercise their rights correctly to enjoy better services.
Another councillor candidate, Shahida Begum, committed to ensuring clean public toilets in her area.
Shamim Hassan, former commissioner and the Awami League-backed councillor candidate for ward 26, also pledged to ensure safe and clean public toilets with modern amenities.
Amir Hossain, who is contesting as councillor candidate in ward 27, also promised to resolve the problems of the slum dwellers.
Uttam Kumar Roy, commercial manager at Dhaka Wasa, and Anowar Hossain, a slum development officer of DNCC, among others, spoke at the programme.