Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) has undertaken a storm drainage capacity enhancement work at the 800-metre-long lake in the capital's Nikunja residential area to solve flooding problem in the area during the monsoon.
The project includes excavation of the lake bed, construction of two walkways on both its sides and a boundary wall along the airport road to curb noise pollution, said Mirza Nazrul Islam, general secretary of south Nikunja residential area welfare society.
The polluted lake is a mosquito breeding ground as it is filled up with solid waste and sewage channelled from north Nikunja, he said, adding that Nikunja was flooded with rain water last year -- a first for the area.
To solve this problem, they would enhance the lake's storm drainage capacity by making it three to four feet deeper through excavation and restore sluice gate, connecting it to the 100-foot-wide canal in Purbachal, Nazrul said.
The lake development is part of an ongoing Purbachal 100-foot canal excavation scheme of Rajuk, he added.
Sergeant Sajedul of 17 Engineering Construction Battalion of Bangladesh Army said that they started executing the lake development work for Rajuk since mid-January.
