Efadul Huq

Efadul Huq is a doctoral student in urban and regional planning at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

How did the Supreme Court start housing planning for Dhaka’s poor?

On August 20, 1999, over 5,000 slum dwellers mobilised from various informal settlements in Dhaka and gathered in the Supreme Court premises to protest the “wholesale eviction” that was underway that year.

2y ago

What really happened in Bhashantek?

Between 1998 and 2010, the government of Bangladesh facilitated the construction of an affordable housing complex budgeted at Tk 341.65 crores for urban slum dwellers. However, today slum dwellers occupy only a minute fraction of the apartments allocated for them.

4y ago

Seeing colours in Korail

The Daily Star recently reported that at least 20 utilities “syndicates” are operating in Korail slum.

7y ago
May 28, 2022
May 28, 2022

How did the Supreme Court start housing planning for Dhaka’s poor?

On August 20, 1999, over 5,000 slum dwellers mobilised from various informal settlements in Dhaka and gathered in the Supreme Court premises to protest the “wholesale eviction” that was underway that year.

February 16, 2020
February 16, 2020

What really happened in Bhashantek?

Between 1998 and 2010, the government of Bangladesh facilitated the construction of an affordable housing complex budgeted at Tk 341.65 crores for urban slum dwellers. However, today slum dwellers occupy only a minute fraction of the apartments allocated for them.

July 20, 2017
July 20, 2017

Seeing colours in Korail

The Daily Star recently reported that at least 20 utilities “syndicates” are operating in Korail slum.