Dhaka, Feb. 2 -- A temporary pavement made of iron sheets was set up over a floating excavator in a roadside canal. A red carpet was laid over it, extending up to the road.

On Sunday, three interim government advisors walked down the carpeted path to board the excavator at Bawnia Canal near Ruposhi Pro-Active City in Mirpur-13, Dhaka.

The excavator then scooped out soil from the canal several times, marking the launch of Dhaka's canal restoration project.

Environment, Forest, and Climate Change Advisor Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Housing and Public Works Advisor Adilur Rahman Khan, and Local Government, Rural Development, and Cooperatives Advisor Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain jointly inaugurated the restoration of six canals under Dhaka North an...