Police foiled the Communist Party of Bangladesh’s (CPB) bid to lay a siege to Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) yesterday.
The law enforcers put a barricade at Kadam Foara Intersection when leaders and activists of the party’s Dhaka city unit tried lay a seize to the DSCC to press home a 10-point demand around 12:00pm.
Later, the CPB leaders led by its Dhaka City unit president Abdul Kader submitted a memorandum to the DSCC Administrator Md Ibraheem Hosein Khan seeking realisation of their demands, said Dr Sajedul Haque Rubel, general secretary of CPB Dhaka unit.
Earlier, speaking at a rally before the National Press Club, Abdul Kader said they would lay siege to the Nagar Bhaban (DSCC secretariat) to press home their demands, including ensuring the control of the city’s house rents, eliminating traffic jams, and ensuring a clean and green Dhaka.
“We will also submit a memorandum citing the demands to the administrator to ensure the citizen services,” he said. There should have a coordination in providing the utility services of the DSCC, the Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Dhaka Wasa), Dhaka Power Power Distribution Company (DPDC) and the Titas Gas, he added.
Dhaka is now the third unlivable city in the world because of poor condition of the city’s roads, drainage system, waste management, mosquito control and traffic system, said Dr Sajedul.
The successive governments make various development plans only for ensuring benefit to the rich, not for the middle class and poor, he said.
“Only 17%people of total two crore population in the capital have their own house,” he said adding: “The rest 83 percent people have been suffering due to additional charge by house owners.”
The subsequent governments have not taken any initiative to solve the problem, he said.
“We urge the city corporation authority to implement the house rent controlling law 1991 immediately in every ward in the city,” Dr Sajedul added.
The CPB leaders also threatened to hold the same programme before the the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC).
Tougher movements would be launched if the authorities concerned do not ensure citizen services for the city dwellers, they said.
