Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives M Tajul Islam on Sunday stressed on special strategy for transforming the city into a modern one.
“A special plan and a national data bank will be set up to transform Dhaka into a modern and livable city,” he said.
Tajul, also the convener of Detailed Area Plan (DAP), said this while addressing a discussion on DAP with the leaders of Bangladesh Architects’ Institute at the conference room of the local government department of the ministry here, said a press release.
“The special plan and national data bank with the views of urban architects and urban planners, will serve as a guideline for DAP,” he said. “Implementation of DAP requires the opinions of public representatives, government officials, architects and urban planners and it is very difficult to do it without concerted efforts,” said Tajul.
He also said that the Capital Development Authority-RAJUK needs to be strengthened
Additional Secretary of the Department of Local Government Deepak Chakraborty, Chairman of RAJUK M Sayeed Noor Alam, President of Bangladesh Institute of Architects Jalal Ahmed, former President Abu Sayed and Co-President Ehsan Khan were present, among others.
