Eviction Drive
DNCC faces resistance from hawkers
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) officials yesterday faced resistance from hawkers at Mirpur Intersection during a drive to evict hawkers and demolish illegal structures on footpaths.
Witnesses said about 100 hawkers gathered near a lane behind the Fire Service and Civil Defence Office in Mirpur-10 intersection and started throwing brickbats at the officials who were carrying out the drive.
The hawkers fled when police came, they added.
Sheikh Kamal Hossain, executive magistrate of DNCC, said they started the drive from Mirpur-12 and when they reached the intersection the hawkers started throwing brickbats at them.
He said the drive at Mirpur-12 was carried out peacefully. The occupants of the illegal structures removed those themselves.
Kamal said they would resume the drive in Uttara today to clear the footpaths.
A bulldozer, 25 police personnel and 15-day labourers took part in the drive.
In another drive, Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) evicted around 500 hawkers and demolished illegal structures on the footpaths in New Market, Science Laboratory and Kataban area.
The drive led by DSCC Executive Magistrate Billal Hossain started at noon and continued for five and a half hours.
Billal said they cleared the footpaths from New Market Gate-1 to the footbridge near Gausia Market near Dhaka College, Science Laboratory and in Katabon.
He said they carried the drive using a bulldozer with the help of police.
The LGRD and cooperatives ministry last Monday last gave the authorities a 24-hour ultimatum for removal of all roadside illegal structures.
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