Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Annisul Huq has said all grabbed lakes in the city will be freed from the encroachers.
The newly elected mayor made the statement while addressing at a programme at Lakeshore Hotel in Gulshan on Thursday.
He suggested the law enforcers to behave gently with the footpath hawkers saying that they have to run their families through the business.
"We have to find out a process for a permanent solution to the makeshift shops put up by hawkers along footpaths," Annisul said.
He said: "If a councillor failed to complete his task within a year after fund allocation, he/she will not get any allocation the following year."
Annisul said if necessary, he would conduct audits on his own fund to monitor the project works.
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed inaugurated the 'street surveillance project' jointly conducted by the citizens and police in a bid to install CCTV cameras on streets in Gulshan residential area.