Detailed Area Plan (DAP)

In revising DAP, we must resist undue real-estate pressure

Proposed amendments will worsen Dhaka’s liveability, experts say

DAP must enhance Dhaka’s liveability

Govt should not bow to pressure from real estate developers

Don’t let water bodies be destroyed at will

Government must do more to save at-risk flood flow zones

A big earthquake may no longer be a distant risk

But why are we still so complacent?

Republished / What if an earthquake of 6.9 magnitude hits Dhaka?

Are we planning our cities, buildings, and infrastructure in a way that would make the capital safe for our lives and properties?

Can a state institution just gobble up land?

BADC must stop filling the water retention area in Gabtoli

DAP density control plans will make housing even less affordable for the poor

The ill-conceived plan for limiting Dhaka’s population will ultimately be devastating for the urban scenario of Bangladesh.

Latest Rajuk blunder may be costly for residents

How can documents of 30,000 applicants just vanish from its server?

DAP: The high stakes of high-rise buildings

Housing developers' interests are getting in the way of making Dhaka a liveable city

November 24, 2022
November 24, 2022

The Detailed Area Plan for Dhaka is almost alright

One striking aspect of the DAP document is the geographical scope of Rajuk, in how it signals an expanded Dhaka.

November 10, 2022
November 10, 2022

Rajuk has failed to ensure equality in the DAP for Dhaka

Could the DAP be nothing but a visionless ideal?

November 2, 2022
November 2, 2022

Rajuk should stop filling-up of flood flow zones, not encourage it

DAP must address Dhaka’s perennial waterlogging problem

November 2, 2022
November 2, 2022

Only balanced urbanisation can make Bangladeshi cities liveable

It is clear just how overpopulated Dhaka city has become

October 30, 2022
October 30, 2022

All cities need a DAP of their own

Equitable urban development vital to decentralise Dhaka

October 27, 2022
October 27, 2022

Bangladesh needs better urban planning

City development authorities must address rising challenges and expectations

October 25, 2022
October 25, 2022

Detailed Area Plan for Dhaka: Is a liveable and sustainable future too much to ask for?

DAP depicts a vision, but whose vision that is and how it came to be are not clear.

October 19, 2022
October 19, 2022

The gaps in DAP: How to avoid urban flooding in Dhaka

The regulations that DAP recommends can initiate a spree of development in the floodplains and agricultural lands surrounding central Dhaka, posing a serious threat of urban flooding.

October 6, 2022
October 6, 2022

Who is afraid of DAP?

The Detailed Area Plan (DAP) for 2022-2035, produced by Rajuk, is a radical and innovative document in the planning history of Dhaka.

September 28, 2022
September 28, 2022

The DAP for Dhaka must not be discriminatory

Can the new Detailed Area Plan cure Dhaka's ills?