Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Administrator Shafiqul Islam Khan has said there are plans to build temporary markets in six open fields to rehabilitate street vendors currently occupying Dhaka’s footpaths.
Street vendors will be allowed to operate in these designated areas through a registration system, while maintenance of the sites will be managed through a fixed fee, he said this morning while speaking as chief guest at an urban dialogue, titled “Is Dhaka Becoming a Dead City? What Needs to Be Done?”, held at a hotel in Gulshan.The event was organised by the Urban Development Journalists Forum Bangladesh and chaired by its president Matin Abdullah. The keynote paper was presented by urban rights activist and Gulshan Society President Barrister Omar Sadat, while special guest remarks were delivered by Rajuk Chairman Engineer Md Riazul Islam.
