Taposh: Buriganga old channel Re-excavation likely to start in February

Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh, the mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), said on Wednesday that re-excavation work on the old Buriganga waterway is expected to resume in February.

Taposh stated this to reporters after touring a potential bridge construction location in the Loharpul area next to the Kamrangirchar dam.

Taposh said, “We will establish a central commercial zone at Kamrangirchar and we will have to construct two bridges to ensure communication facilities for the future activities. Today we are visiting with our experts, planners and our chief engineers to see where we can build the bridges”.

Some parts of the Buriganga old channel have already been freed from the occupiers. The DSCC and the Dhaka district administration will conduct a joint operation from the next week to free the remaining parts, he said.

Mayor Taposh further added that these activities were being carried out under a master plan. “We are giving attention to everything under the master plan. Alongside the river re-excavation at Kamrangirchar, the construction of the bridges we will turn the dam road into a six-lane road.”