The Dhaka South City Corporation has decided to revive its four-canal development project with a modified demarcation approach. Initially, the project was to follow the Bangladesh Water Act 2013, which requires keeping a 10-metre buffer from water to determine a river’s width.
The rivers encircling Dhaka have been gasping for survival for decades, choked by pollution and encroachment.
City dwellers are still experiencing poor civic services six months after the formation of the interim government.
As Bangladesh braces for another year with the threat of dengue looming, experts have urged the government to adopt comprehensive and year-round strategies to curb the spread of the mosquito-borne disease.
Throughout this month, we have published six reports on Dhaka’s canals, detailing how these water bodies, once the lifeblood of the capital’s drainage system, are now clogged, encroached upon, and reduced to narrow, polluted channels.
At first glance, Dayaganj in the old part of Dhaka appears to be a typical city street scene.
Once upon a time, boats would glide through the waters of Karwan Bazar. Laden with goods -- sacks of rice, fresh vegetables, timber, and pottery -- these boats would anchor at the dock near what is now the Film Development Corporation.
Flood-flow zones, crucial for maintaining Dhaka’s ecological balance, are rapidly vanishing, leaving the city increasingly vulnerable to waterlogging, loss of groundwater recharge, and potential flooding.
The Dhaka South City Corporation has decided to revive its four-canal development project with a modified demarcation approach. Initially, the project was to follow the Bangladesh Water Act 2013, which requires keeping a 10-metre buffer from water to determine a river’s width.
The rivers encircling Dhaka have been gasping for survival for decades, choked by pollution and encroachment.
City dwellers are still experiencing poor civic services six months after the formation of the interim government.
As Bangladesh braces for another year with the threat of dengue looming, experts have urged the government to adopt comprehensive and year-round strategies to curb the spread of the mosquito-borne disease.
Throughout this month, we have published six reports on Dhaka’s canals, detailing how these water bodies, once the lifeblood of the capital’s drainage system, are now clogged, encroached upon, and reduced to narrow, polluted channels.
At first glance, Dayaganj in the old part of Dhaka appears to be a typical city street scene.
Once upon a time, boats would glide through the waters of Karwan Bazar. Laden with goods -- sacks of rice, fresh vegetables, timber, and pottery -- these boats would anchor at the dock near what is now the Film Development Corporation.
Flood-flow zones, crucial for maintaining Dhaka’s ecological balance, are rapidly vanishing, leaving the city increasingly vulnerable to waterlogging, loss of groundwater recharge, and potential flooding.
Designed to rescue Dhaka from floods, water retention ponds are now in need of rescue themselves. These basins, meant for stormwater management, are shrinking rapidly due to encroachments, unplanned urbanisation, and government neglect..Just like the capital’s canals, these lifelines are n
The annual death toll from dengue so far crossed 500-mark yesterday, for the second year in a row.
