Dhaka, March 12 -- Any digging up on the roads in the Dhaka will require permission from the Dhaka Metropolitan Police from now on. Those breaching the requirement will be brought to book, authorities have warned.

DMP Commissioner Sheikh Md Sazzat Ali issued a public notice on Wednesday and requested companies and contractors to follow it.

Digging up roads hampers the normal traffic flow, the notice said. Different companies, contracting companies or utility services dig up the road for their respective works and take a long time to repair them. Sometimes, it even takes seven to eight months.

Capital residents also suffer as roads are dug up without arranging alternative routes, when more road is dug up than needed, warning signs are n...