Aging Shishu Park
Due to its affordable costs and exiting rides, Shahbagh's Shaheed Zia Shishu Park was once a famous hang out place for Dhakaitees. Maintained by Dhaka City Corporation, this park was a buzzing place for teenagers and adults alike. But those golden days of Shishu Park are gone by with the passage of time. Now Dhaka has a good number of parks which are maintained by private enterprises and these parks are way better than the Shishu Park in terms of rides and all other facilities. Moreover, we have now water parks as well in our country like the developed countries. So I think people of Bangladesh are not deprived of getting their desired entertainment options since we have no dearth of entertainment parks. But the high cost of these privately run parks does not encourage lower class people and even the middle class people can hardly go to these parks. So generally Shishu Park is still the only source of entertainment for majority of lower and middle-income people. But the age-old rides and run down vehicles of Shishu Park hardly attract the visitors nowadays. Dhaka City Corporation is neglecting to allocate the required budget for Shishu Park from the very beginning and hence the same age old 12 rides without any renovation have been frustrating the visitors for a long time. Several projects for development and renovation of the park couldn't be implemented in the past ten years due to bureaucratic tangles. But kudos must be given to the persons who are constantly maintaining the age old rides of the Shishu Park. The sheer hard work of the maintenance staffs of Shishu Park is responsible for no major accidents from these run down rides. But things should not go this way. It has been heard that by the end of this year, some new rides will be added to Shishu Park and the park will be renovated. But so far no indication in this regard has been revealed by the people concerned. Dhaka City Corporation must wake up and take the appropriate measures to improve the sorry state of Shishu Park without further ado before it's too late. The frustration of common people for lack of government run entertainment park will be worsened if the authorities concerned do not pay heed to improving the condition of the Shishu Park. People have the right to have affordable entertainment and the government definitely should not neglect this issue of importance.
Shishu Park needs urgent attention. Is anybody listening?
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