Can Rajuk make a U-turn for the better?

Dhaka is what it is today -- a mega city -- due to the Rajdhani Unnayan Katripakkha's (Rajuk) initiatives. It is also partly due to irregularities of the Rajuk that the capital has now been rated internationally as an unlivable city. In fact, the city development authority has strayed away from its designated role as a regulator and monitor. And such lapses have proved often costly. The Rana Plaza collapse, killing over 1100, has not only brought shame to the concerned regulatory authorities but also tarnished the image of the country in the eyes of the international community. There was and still is a grey area over the approving rights of building construction. Buildings like Rana Plaza could come up in violation of building codes and safety rules in and around the city through loopholes thus left open. Although one case was filed for structural fault found at Rana Plaza and for constructing the building with substandard materials and violating the Bangladesh National Building Code (BNBC), the faults were discovered only after the deadly collapse, not before or during its construction.   
The Rajuk is legally responsible for controlling development within its 1,528-square kilometres area of Dhaka Metropolitan Development Plan (master plan) under the Town Improvement Act. But it has taken upon itself too heavy a load with too small a size of staff. It should disaggregate responsibility. Various municipal authorities, including that of Savar, have approved hundreds of buildings that lie within Rajuk jurisdiction even though they lack huge technical manpower as required by laws.
Under the Building Construction Act and BNBC, only an authorised officer along with a building construction committee of Rajuk can approve a building design within an area of an approved master plan. Such approval also requires supervision by an enlisted architect, structural engineer, geotechnical engineer, town planner, according to laws and under a set of rules. But who's there to enforce all these? There is no close coordination among relevant agencies.  
Experts have blamed catastrophic building disasters in the capital on lack of effective control of the Rajuk over building construction and the government's foot-dragging on approving its required manpower. The building law, safety precautions and mandatory BNBC have not been followed in constructing thousands of buildings in Savar and other fringe areas of the capital. It even could not control construction of buildings beyond the city's core area due to lack of manpower. It also could not enforce building law in areas like Savar because of vehement opposition by local municipal authorities. There are scores of example of illegal high-rise buildings even in the capital's core area, where the Rajuk has remained mysteriously silent.
What really ail the Rajuk are acute shortage of skilled manpower and a free flow of illegal money in almost all its offices. The endemic corrupt practices have to be tackled first. Unless and until the flow of illegal money can be stopped, no amount of monitoring or regulating will work. Hard cash can help legalise any illegal plan or construction.  But thanks to the Rajuk chairman, he has taken a bold and innovative programme called 'Ghure Darao, Rajuk' (Make a Turnaround, Rajuk) to make his organisation graft-free and efficient. Now it has to be seen how the city development authority could really take a U-turn for the better as money always works like magic. The job really is tough but could be done in a very cautious manner to make his plan work. There are instances here in Bangladesh that many crusaders against graft fell flat later. The money-grabbers are mighty enough to pull them down.