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Hawker Free Footpath in Dhaka

Hawker business in Dhaka's footpath is a common and bitter experiences of Dhaka dwellers. Farm-gate is one of the busiest area in Dhaka city. It is a transition point. People from various parts of Dhaka come here to exchange their road to arrive at various destination. For a long time footpath of this part of the city was occupied by hawker illegally. So people were suffering limitless problem in this important point. People could not walk on the road easily. People's life was stable here. But now the picture of farmgate is different. On the eve of ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 the Government has showed good performance to remove the illegal shoppers from the various footpaths like firmgate area. We appreciate present government's action. People are happy to see this scenery of farmgate. But not for the ICC cricket world cup. We want to see this scene permanently. People of Dhaka city want to see hawker free farmgate as well as hawker free Dhaka to walk freely to mo...

Hawker Free Footpath

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Footpath is a place for passerby to walk freely. In busy city life freely walking on the footpath is a fundamental right of city dwellers. But unfortunately the people are deprived from this right in Dhaka. Illegal footpath business has become a tradition of hawker in Dhaka.  Almost all government in different period has showed their failure attitude to present hawker free or free footpath for city dwellers in Dhaka. Recently it is observable that in the eve of ICC World cup championship tournament the government has showed the good performance to present free footpath. For the time being the people of Dhaka city are feeling fine. Freely they are walking on the footpath. The people of Dhaka are worry about the existence of free footpath at the end of ICC Cup 2011. May footpath will be occupied by the hawkers again. People's life will be stabled or stopped in the footpath. They will not be able to walk freely again. But it is their special fundamental right and claim to Govern...