60-foot wide road from Biswa Road to Nandipara sought

Locals demanded a 60-foot wide road from Biswa Road to Nandipara during a public consultation on the proposed detailed area plan (DAP) for Dhaka city yesterday.

They also sought roads with similar width in Khilgaon, Sipahibagh, Boddha Mondir, Manda and Amulia areas.

They said a housing company has grabbed a canal stretching from Nandipara Mathartek to Meradia Bazar.

Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) organised the consultation on the proposed 20-year plan at a community centre in ward-4 of south Dhaka.

The residents demanded provisions in the DAP for a waste transfer station, government school and clinic and children's park at an open space of public works department near Boubazar.

DAP project director Ashraful Islam and local ward councillors Golam Hosain and Ashrafuzzaman Farid were present.

With the existing DAP expiring its 15-year term in 2015 and leaving most of its vital recommendations on wetland and flood flow zone conservation unimplemented, Rajuk embarked on making yet another 20-year DAP in March 2015 for the period from 2016 to 2035.