DNCC names Satrasta-Tejgaon road after Mayor Annisul Huq

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) yesterday named the Satrasta-Tejgaon Railgate road after late Mayor Annisul Huq, marking his first death anniversary.

Unveiling the nameplate of the road, Rubana Huq, wife of Mayor Annisul Huq urged the people concerned to keep the road free from occupation of trucks and covered vans, to ensure smooth traffic movement on the road -- a sign of respect to the late mayor.

“It is not possible for one person to clean any rubbish. Humans can acquire nothing unless they are united. He [Mayor Annisul Huq] could do this impossible task as he was blessed with the affection of the prime minister,” said Rubana Huq.

He thanked everybody concerned for naming the road after Annisul Huq.

Speaking on the occasion, DNCC panel mayor Jamal Mostafa said, “When we come on a visit, we find this road clean and non-occupied. But it becomes occupied when we leave. However, I hope the concerned people of the truck stand will stay alert to keep it unoccupied from now.”

Former army chief Abu Belal Muhammad Shafiul Huq; Annisul Huq's daughters Wamiq Umaira and Tanisha Fariaman Huq and son Navidul Huq; DNCC officials and leaders of truck and covered van owners' association were also present at the programme.

In December 2015, Mayor Annisul Huq opened the road for city dwellers' use, defying strong resistance by truck drivers and transport workers when he tried to free the road from illegally parked trucks and vans.

However, the road has been gradually getting occupied again, since his death on November 30 last year at a hospital in London.

The about one hundred feet wide road connects Farmgate and Karwan Bazar areas with Tejgaon-Mohakhali and Banani-Gulshan-Niketon areas.