Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Md. Atiqul Islam said, “If there is evidence of canal occupation against a councilor, his councillorship will be canceled. Even if there is evidence of involvement in the occupation, there will be no councillorship. I will personally write a letter to the Ministry to cancel the councillorship.”

He made the warning on Friday while inaugurating newly dug canal by evicting illegal structures built by occupying the land of Khidir canal adjacent to the switch-gate in Sector 11 of Uttara.

Mayor gave such a stern message when the names of Golden Monir and a councilor came up in the occupation of the canal.

Instructing Rajuk and other government agencies, the mayor said, “It is not necessary to allot plots only, there is no dumping yard in Dhaka city. But one plot after another is being allotted. Allocating on the canal will have to think about the canal. The canal must be kept open. It will not work if the canal is filled.

“I would request all government agencies to look at CS maps, RS maps, metropolitan surveys before allowing anything, then think about allocating space,” he said.