Flat handover starts in Dec

We are delighted to read the above mentioned news published in TDS on April 20 stating that Uttara apartments would be handed over to the owners in December by Rajuk. However, there are lessons to be learnt from our neighbouring country. 

In order to solve growing housing problems, the West Bengal government in India sold plots of land to more than four persons per plot in Salt Lake area, Calcutta in the early sixties. Later on, the New Town project was undertaken and implemented in Rajarhat near Calcutta. A multi-storied building complex with modern facilities like schools, colleges, shopping mall, cinema theatres were built in Rajarhat which is well connected with Calcutta by roads. The Metro will also extend to the New Town. However, there was no allotment of plots to individuals. Incidentally, Calcutta contains more land area than Dhaka. Dhaka cannot afford the luxury of individual plot housing. The government should not allocate any more individual plot in Dhaka and Chittagong. Instead, it may acquire land and lease/sell them to Rajuk or private builders who will build model towns with high-rise apartments, roads, schools, colleges, mosques, temples, playgrounds and shopping malls well connected by roads.

Dr. SN Mamoon
Dhaka