DAP recommends buildings' height up to 8-storey

A proposal has been made under the Detailed Area Plan (DAP)-2035 of Rajuk to limit the height of residential buildings in the capital Dhaka to eight-storey ones, aiming to build the city livable and planned one through population density zoning, reports UNB.
The limit for the height of buildings in Gazipur and Narayanganj city corporation areas and Savar municipality has been fixed at six-storey.
However, two more floors can be allowed in densely populated areas under special conditions, according to the DAP-2035 proposal.
DAP project director Ashraful Islam told the news agency that multi-storey buildings have been constructed in various parts of the capital without having most civic amenities required for its residents.
"As many vehicles get in and out of a multi-storey building, the traffic creates congestion in that area if there's no necessary road in the neighborhood. There's also a crisis of other such civic amenities. To address this situation, restrictions will be imposed on the height of residential multi-storey buildings," Ashraful Islam said.
There is also a proposal to build a multifaceted communication system through rail, road and waterways to connect different cities with Dhaka in order to lessen pressure on its central part.
PD Ashraful Islam said improved communication with Gazipur, Savar, Keraniganj and Narayanganj areas has been proposed to reduce the population density in Dhaka.
Metrorail, elevated expressways and shipping have been proposed as modes of communication between central Dhaka and adjacent cities.
Once the communication system with these cities is improved, people will be able to move around easily, reducing the pressure of traffic on central Dhaka.
Area-wise development plans visualising Dhaka of 2035 has been proposed in the new DAP.
There are proposals to have three to four schools in each ward in addition to having 25 fields and parks.
Due to filling up of canals in different areas of the capital and construction of culverts and box culverts, water-logging has become a common phenomenon in the capital during monsoon.
Therefore, it has been proposed to remove all the culverts and box culverts and bring back navigability there.
If this proposal is implemented, a 58-km area of new waterways will be created in the DAP area.
The Detailed Area Plan of Rajuk proposes to divide Dhaka into 13 'land use zones ' based on urban, residential, commercial and agricultural areas.
According to official sources, about 94,058.42 hectares of land in the entire metropolitan area has been proposed as urban area which is 61.81 per cent of the total plan.
Some 19,457.6 acres will be used as residential area (5.16 per cent of the total plan) and one lakh 23,931.09 acres (32.75 per cent) will be used as common use area (mainly residential).
Some 1,008.93 acres can be used as common areas (residential-commercial) (48 percent of the total plan).
Besides, 143.33 acres will be used as commercial areas which is 0. 04 per cent of the total planned areas, 4,933.91 acres (1.31 per cent) as common use area (commercial main), 29,636.11 acres (6.8 per cent) as common use area (industrial main) and 13,542.75 acres as institutional areas.