Prof Nazrul Islam

The commentator is Chairman, Centre for Urban Studies (CUS) and former Chairman of UGC.

A rush job is not the answer

We had the Dhaka Metropolitan Development Plan (DMDP) previously, the duration of which was 20 years, from 1995 till 2015. There were three stages of that plan: Structure Plan for the whole city area, Urban Area Plan, which was for ten years, and Detailed Area Plan (DAP).

9y ago
September 16, 2015
September 16, 2015

A rush job is not the answer

We had the Dhaka Metropolitan Development Plan (DMDP) previously, the duration of which was 20 years, from 1995 till 2015. There were three stages of that plan: Structure Plan for the whole city area, Urban Area Plan, which was for ten years, and Detailed Area Plan (DAP).