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The responsibility for 26 canals in the capital has been officially handed over to the two city corporations of Dhaka. WASA Managing Director Taksim A Khan explained the responsibility of the canal in the presence of the local government minister and two mayors. Meanwhile, the mayor of the south Sheikh Fazle Nur Taposh said that Dhaka will be transformed into Venice in the future. And Atiqul Islam, the mayor of the north, said that the canal of Dhaka found the address as it came into the hands of the city corporation from WASA.Taksim A Khan, Managing Director of WASA on behalf of Dhaka WASA, ABM Amin Ullah Nuri, Chief Executive Officer on behalf of DSCC and Md. Selim Reza signed. Senior officials of the three companies were present at the time.Incidentally, in the last few years, if there is a little heavy rain in Dhaka, waterlogging occurs. While Dhaka WASA has the main responsibility to resolve this, the City Corporation also plays an important role. Bangladesh Water Development Board, Capital Development Authority, Cantonment Board and private housing companies are also involved in this.
It is learned that as part of waterlogging, Dhaka WASA maintains and operates 26 canals (about 60 km) and about 365 km large drains and four pump stations in the city. The two city corporations take care of about 2,211 km of canals. From today, all the canals and canals under the charge of WASA went to the two city corporations.
