PM blames RAJUK for unplanned capital city
Thursday, 22 April 2010
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wednesday blamed the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK) for its past negligence that led to the unplanned growth of Dhaka city, reports UNB.
"RAJUK gave permission for constructing buildings without any plan putting the Dhaka city into a deplorable state," she said while laying the foundation of a project to build apartments for lower and lower-middle income groups under the Uttara 3rd phase.
Some 22,500 apartments will be constructed under the project and distributed among the lower and lower-middle income groups on hire purchase basis.
The Prime Minister said in the past RAJUK allowed construction of multi-storied buildings without looking into the condition of the utility services like water, gas, sewerage lines and electricity.
She asked the RAJUK and other concerned authorities to make sure that the utility services are in place before giving any permission in the future.
Home Minister Sahara Khatun and State Minister for Housing and Public Works Abdul Mannan Khan attended the function as special guests while Housing and Public Works Secretary MA Hannan presided over it.
Sheikh Hasina noted that it was a practice in the past to give permission illegally in exchange for money without considering the future consequences.
"This will no longer be acceptable," she said.
She also asked the authorities concerned to consider environment and climate aspects before giving any kind of permission for high-rise buildings and housing plots.
Hasina accused the past BNP-led alliance government of allowing their ministers, MPs and relatives to fill up the lakes and canals illegally.
She said the present government has undertaken plans to expand the Dhaka city to mitigate the accommodation problems. However, the expansion will be done in a planned manner.
The Prime Minister reminded that the people from whom the land will be acquired should be given priority to get apartments after construction.
Under the Uttara 3rd phase, there will be 260 buildings with 22,512 apartments on 214.44 acres of land. The project is scheduled to be completed in June 2015 at an estimated cost of Tk 86.25794 billion (Tk 8625.794 crore).
"RAJUK gave permission for constructing buildings without any plan putting the Dhaka city into a deplorable state," she said while laying the foundation of a project to build apartments for lower and lower-middle income groups under the Uttara 3rd phase.
Some 22,500 apartments will be constructed under the project and distributed among the lower and lower-middle income groups on hire purchase basis.
The Prime Minister said in the past RAJUK allowed construction of multi-storied buildings without looking into the condition of the utility services like water, gas, sewerage lines and electricity.
She asked the RAJUK and other concerned authorities to make sure that the utility services are in place before giving any permission in the future.
Home Minister Sahara Khatun and State Minister for Housing and Public Works Abdul Mannan Khan attended the function as special guests while Housing and Public Works Secretary MA Hannan presided over it.
Sheikh Hasina noted that it was a practice in the past to give permission illegally in exchange for money without considering the future consequences.
"This will no longer be acceptable," she said.
She also asked the authorities concerned to consider environment and climate aspects before giving any kind of permission for high-rise buildings and housing plots.
Hasina accused the past BNP-led alliance government of allowing their ministers, MPs and relatives to fill up the lakes and canals illegally.
She said the present government has undertaken plans to expand the Dhaka city to mitigate the accommodation problems. However, the expansion will be done in a planned manner.
The Prime Minister reminded that the people from whom the land will be acquired should be given priority to get apartments after construction.
Under the Uttara 3rd phase, there will be 260 buildings with 22,512 apartments on 214.44 acres of land. The project is scheduled to be completed in June 2015 at an estimated cost of Tk 86.25794 billion (Tk 8625.794 crore).