Drive to clean canal in Mymensingh

Staff Reporter Mymensingh :

Mymensingh City Corporation has started eviction of illegal structures and illegal encroachments in the canals of the Mymensingh City Corporation (MCC) area to resolve waterlogging on Wednesday . a team including executive magistrate, public representative, engineer and town planner under the leadership of Mymensingh City Corporation Chief Executive Officer Md Yusuf Ali cleared some illegal structures and illegal encroachments on Maskanda-Shantinagar Canal and Shehra Canal.
In addition, the expeditionary force demolished a training center constructed at the site of a drain under construction to connect the canal located at Maskanda. Chief Executive Officer Md. Yusuf Ali said during the operation that there are illegal encroachments on canals in the city area and there are instructions from the Honorable Mayor to remove any obstructions in the canals.
We will be removing these throughout the month so that when it rains there is no water getting stuck anywhere. For this, regular operations will be conducted like today. He also said that various short and long-term activities have been undertaken to alleviate waterlogging A drainage network is being constructed.
Once these works are completed, it is expected that there will be no more flooding. He also said that the design of the houses around the canal is also being verified. Any house constructed outside the approved design will be demolished to the extent that it is illegal. At that time, City Corporation Secretary and Executive Magistrate Md. Arifur Rahman, Councilor Md. Kamal Khan, Chief Engineer Md. Rafiqul Islam Mia, Supervising Engineer Md. Zahurul Haque, Executive Engineer Electricity Md. Zillur Rahman, City Planner Manas Biswas and others were present.