City Desk :
Gulshan Lake, city’s one of the ecologically critical area due to direct dumping of sewage and water runoff, is expected to regain its lifeline as Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Gulshan Society on Saturday jointly launched a drive for cleaning the lake.
Students of six city schools and workers of a number of social organizations joined hands with the city corporation cleaning team to make the programme a success, reports BSS.
Though Gulshan Lake and Baridhara Lake are under the jurisdiction of the Rajuk, but local elected bodies and parliament members of the city’s posh area have taken the initiative to give their citizens relieve from mosquito menace and pollution along with enhance beautification of the area as they pledged before the last general election.
Prime Minister’s Adviser on Private Industry and Investment Salman Fazlur Rahman and DNCC Mayor Md Atiqul Islam and State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat joined the drive.
