Sylhet City Corporation (CCIC) Mayor Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury said that after a one-month ultimatum, the hawkers occupying the sidewalks of the city will be evicted before the upcoming fast.
He said this while visiting the place designated for hawkers on Laldighir bank of the city at 4 pm on Thursday (February 22).
Earlier, Mayor Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury gave a one-month ultimatum to evict the hawker at the reception of the newly elected MP Shafiul Alam Chowdhury Nadel at the conference hall of Sylhet Metropolitan Chamber on January 16. The hawkers did not leave the pavement even after the one-month ultimatum. On February 17, Jago News published a report under the title ‘The hawkers did not move a hair in the mayor’s ultimatum’. After that, the issue of Hawker’s eviction came into discussion again.
On Thursday afternoon, Mayor Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury visited the designated place for hawkers on the banks of Laldighir in Sylhet city. After the visit, the mayor said, before the upcoming fast, the city’s mobile traders (hawkers) will be rehabilitated in the temporary market. 10 contractors have been allotted the work to complete the work quickly. This problem will be solved in a few days.
The mayor also said that earlier many initiatives were taken to rehabilitate the hawkers, but practically nothing came of it. I promised to solve this problem as an elected representative. In view of that, by rehabilitating the hawkers at the designated place, we will give the city residents a city free of traffic jams and footpaths. Building a beautiful city requires the cooperation of the city dwellers first. With them I will build a ‘Green, Clean, Smart Sylhet’.
Chief Executive Officer of City Corporation Iftekhar Ahmad Chowdhury, Chief Engineer Noor Azizur Rahman, Information and Research Secretary of Sylhet District Awami League Mobashvir Ali, Sylhet Metropolitan Jubo League President Alam Khan Mukti, United Kingdom community leader Dr. Officers including Michbaur Rahman and CSIC public relations officer Sajlu Lashkar.
AHMED JAMIL/SR/JIM
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