Detailed Area Plan (DAP)

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?

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

New DAP has too many loopholes

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.

May 29, 2022
May 29, 2022

CAAB cannot just randomly fill up a water body

Filling up a water body is in violation of the conservation law

November 22, 2020
November 22, 2020

Special plan and data bank to transform Dhaka into a modern and livable city: LGRD minister

A special plan and a national data bank will be set up to transform Dhaka into a modern and livable city, LGRD Minister Tajul Islam -- also convener of the Detailed Area Plan (DAP) -- said today.

November 6, 2017
November 6, 2017

Urban Chaos

Last week, at a conference about urban development hosted by World Bank, almost all the municipality mayors of Bangladesh were present to share their experiences with experts and mayors from different other countries.

July 28, 2017
July 28, 2017

Woes of two cities

Heavy rains combined with traffic congestion brought the capital to a grinding halt on Wednesday as city dwellers went through untold sufferings to reach their destination wading through knee- to waist-deep water.

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).

  •