Awami League-backed mayoral candidate Annisul Huq yesterday unveiled a survey report on the city residents' sufferings, pointing out the biggest problems plaguing the country’s capital and discussing ways to solve them.
According to the report, residents of the Dhaka North City Corporation mentioned mosquitoes, road conditions, house rent, lack of sufficient drainage system and manholes, and drugs – as the main problems they faced everyday.
Annisul, who is running for the mayor’s office in the northern part of Dhaka, spoke about the survey report and the urban issues at a press conference in Banani’s Spectra Convention Centre.
The survey also found that unhygienic environment, unemployment, water stagnation, lack of drinking water, lack of public toilets, robbery, solid waste, formalin menace, corruption, gas shortage, footpath, playground, water supply and standard public transports were some of the other major complaints of the DNCC residents.
Annisul Huq promised to solve all these problems if he was elected as the new DNCC mayor.
The survey was done by Integrated Research and Consulting Limited (IRC), who randomly selected and interviewed 76,735 people from all walks of life in the DNCC area.
Annisul said he wanted to make a modern Dhaka based on the philosophy of his slogan “Ebar Samadhan Jatra,” which means the quest for solution.
Asked about alleged attacks on BNP-backed candidate Tabith Awal’s campaign, the former FBCCI president said if such attacks had really taken place, then it must be stopped; or else, the claims might also have been a publicity stunt, he added.
