Gazipur city lacks civic amenities
The people of Gazipur city are deprived of basic amenities, said local representatives during a public discussion on the proposed detailed area plan (DAP) at Pubail Central College yesterday.
In the absence of dependable healthcare facilities, an ailing person has to be rushed to Dhaka but due to traffic congestion on Tongi-Dhaka highway, patients often die on the way, said Sultan Uddin Ahmed, a local ward councillor.
“A bypass road along the railway track connecting Tongi with Kaliganj can establish an easy connection with the capital and put an end to public sufferings,” he said.
Also, widening Mirerbazar-Pubail road and other roads that crisscross Pubail, Kaliganj and other areas of Gazipur would bring relief to public, he said.
Ahmed also demanded dredging and conservation of the rivers like Balu, Nagda and Chilai that are now in death throes.
Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) organised the consultation on the proposed 20-year plan, an interpretative version of the master plan of greater Dhaka city including Gazipur and Narayanganj.
Hosne Ara Akter, panel mayor of Gazipur City Corporation, said Dhaka bypass highway runs through the densely populated Pubail and Kaliganj. To prevent accidents, she demanded service roads and overhead or underground passes for pedestrians.
The public representatives along with locals demanded provisions in the DAP for hospital, schools, drainage service, parks, playgrounds, ponds, municipality waste management, community centre and greeneries in Gazipur.
DAP project director Md Ashraful Islam and local ward councillors Bazlur Rahman and Azizur Rahman also spoke.
Rajuk director Anisur Rahman Miah conducted the consultation where another Rajuk director Shah Alam Chowdhury, other DAP officials and consultants were present.
Leaving most of its vital recommendations on wetlands and flood flow zone conservation unimplemented, Rajuk embarked on preparing yet another 20-year DAP for the period from 2016 to 2035.
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