LGRD Minister Tazul Islam today told the parliament that the Mohakhali Bus Terminal will be reconstructed after demolishing it under the Dhaka Public Transport Improvement Project.

Dhaka South City Corporation is preparing a 30-year Integrated City Master Plan (2020-2050) for creating a clean and smart Dhaka city, the minister said replying to a query from ruling Awami League MP M Abdul Latif.

The minister said the corridor road of BRT Line-3 will also be improved.

The question-answer session was tabled at the beginning when the House went into sitting at around 5pm with Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair.

In response to another question from Abdul Latif, the LGRD minister said that projects will be taken to enhance the beauty of Buriganga River old channel and create an aesthetic environment.

'NO WATER SHORTAGE'

Responding to a question from Jatiya Party MP Syed Abu Hossain Babla, the local government minister said the daily water demand in both the city corporation areas of Dhaka city is 260-265 crore litres.

On the other hand, the daily water production capacity of Dhaka WASA is 270-275 crore litres. Therefore, the water production capacity of Dhaka WASA is more than the demand and there is no shortage of water supply as per the demand, the LGRD minister said.

In response to a query from ruling Awami League MP Morshed Alam, the minister said that after the handover of Dhaka WASA Storm Sewerage and canals to the city corporations in December 2020, Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) undertook various crash programs through joint efforts of Waste Management Department, Engineering Department, and Estate Department.

"As of December 2021, about 71,584 tons of floating waste and about 10,000 tons of soil and sludge have been removed from 26 canals," Tazul Islam told the House.

He also said that all the canals of DNCC have been grabbed.

"The Estate Department is trying to recover those grabbed canals with limited manpower," he added.

The LGRD minister said, CCTV has been installed in different canals for observation of canal waste.