Evicted street hawkers in the capital must be rehabilitated quickly with designated vending zones, Prime Minister Tarique Rahman said.
He gave the directive at a meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office in Tejgaon on Saturday, asking agencies to work together to identify suitable locations for resettlement, according to a PMO release.
The prime minister said displaced vendors should be provided spaces where they can continue their businesses in an orderly and dignified manner.
Authorities recently evicted several hundred makeshift shops from Dhaka North City Corporation areas including Mirpur-1, and from Dhaka South City Corporation zones such as Motijheel, Baitul Mukarram, Paltan and Gulistan.
The meeting decided to arrange alternative locations for the evicted vendors and discussed introducing a registration system with identity cards to improve regulation.
Traffic congestion near schools also came up for discussion, with the prime minister pointing to unmanaged parking during opening and closing hours as a key cause of gridlock.
He suggested using parts of school grounds for parking to ease congestion.
Local Government Division Secretary Shahidul Hasan, Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha Chairman Engineer Riazul Islam, Dhaka South City Corporation Administrator Abdus Salam, Dhaka North City Corporation Administrator Shafiqur Rahman Khan, Dhaka Metropolitan Police Acting Commissioner Md Sarwar and DIG Traffic Anisur Rahman attended the meeting.
