Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) will begin citywide tree plantation and green development across canals, lakes, fields, and open spaces starting June 1. Administrator Mohammad Ejaz said that landscape architecture has been finalized. Unlike past projects that cost over 1 billion taka with little visible change, the current 100-kilometer canal cleanup is costing less than 100 million. “We’ve assigned volunteers to maintain 33 canals and are hiring one gardener per kilometer to ensure green upkeep,” Ejaz said. He also emphasized that classifying waste collected from canals under the PLEASE Project could help track polluters more effectively.