Dholaikhal, a canal once protected Dhaka, flows into oblivionNews Desk :With the densely set up homes and shops, Dholaikhal is one of the busiest neighbourhoods of Old Dhaka, but the canal after which the area is named is no more there, reports bdnews24.com. Only five percent of the canal, excavated in the early 17th century by Islam Khan, the first Mughal Subedar of Dhaka, is visible now. The canal, meant to protect the city as well as to provide internal communication, flowed through the heart of the old town. Asked about the project, Md Serajul Islam, the chief urban planner of the Dhaka South City Corporation, said he cannot speak in details without checking the papers. We will begin the work (to recover the canal) after taking charges from the WASA," he said.

Source: bd News24 January 24, 2021 18:11 UTC