pavements
Editorial / Un-walkable footpaths
A photo published in this newspaper last Monday is a perfect example of how good initiatives, when conduced without proper planning or implementation, end up achieving nothing. In order to prevent bikers from using the pavements recently built by the DNCC, which include a special lane dedicated for the visually impaired, the Dhaka Metropolitan Police has set up concrete pillars on them on both sides of Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue.
Pavements with tactile track for the blind
Sarower Hossain still has some pain in his right leg.
Editorial / Who do the pavements and footbridges belong to?
Anyone who has ever taken a long walk through the streets of Dhaka can vouch that it is unfriendly to pedestrians.
Editorial / Freeing up roads and pavements
Speakers at a recently organised seminar were informed by minister for roads and communications Obaidul Qader that the principal hindrance to freeing up roads and pavements from illegal squatters is political pressure.
Un-walkable footpaths
A photo published in this newspaper last Monday is a perfect example of how good initiatives, when conduced without proper planning or implementation, end up achieving nothing. In order to prevent bikers from using the pavements recently built by the DNCC, which include a special lane dedicated for the visually impaired, the Dhaka Metropolitan Police has set up concrete pillars on them on both sides of Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue.
Pavements with tactile track for the blind
Sarower Hossain still has some pain in his right leg.
Who do the pavements and footbridges belong to?
Anyone who has ever taken a long walk through the streets of Dhaka can vouch that it is unfriendly to pedestrians.
Freeing up roads and pavements
Speakers at a recently organised seminar were informed by minister for roads and communications Obaidul Qader that the principal hindrance to freeing up roads and pavements from illegal squatters is political pressure.
