, April 7 -- Administrator of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Md Shafiqul Islam Khan on Tuesday said a drive has been launched to free footpaths from illegal occupation to ensure pedestrian safety, noting that more than half of road crash victims in the capital are pedestrians.

The DNCC Administrator made the remarks while speaking as chief guest at a report releasing programme titled "Road Safety Situation in Dhaka," held at the DNCC conference room in the city's Gulshan on Tuesday.

The report, jointly prepared by DNCC and Dhaka Metropolitan Police, analysed general diaries and cases recorded at different police stations under DMP related to road crash fatalities in 2022 and 2023. The initiative was conducted under the Bloomberg Ph...