Govt should not bow to pressure from real estate developers
Government must do more to save at-risk flood flow zones
But why are we still so complacent?
Are we planning our cities, buildings, and infrastructure in a way that would make the capital safe for our lives and properties?
BADC must stop filling the water retention area in Gabtoli
The ill-conceived plan for limiting Dhaka’s population will ultimately be devastating for the urban scenario of Bangladesh.
How can documents of 30,000 applicants just vanish from its server?
Housing developers' interests are getting in the way of making Dhaka a liveable city
There’s no way to call this a “people’s DAP.” It does mention some goals, but without sketching out a plan to achieve them.
Could the DAP be nothing but a visionless ideal?
DAP must address Dhaka’s perennial waterlogging problem
It is clear just how overpopulated Dhaka city has become
Equitable urban development vital to decentralise Dhaka
City development authorities must address rising challenges and expectations
DAP depicts a vision, but whose vision that is and how it came to be are not clear.
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.
The Detailed Area Plan (DAP) for 2022-2035, produced by Rajuk, is a radical and innovative document in the planning history of Dhaka.
Can the new Detailed Area Plan cure Dhaka's ills?
Only if Rajuk has the will and organisational capacity
