Kamrangirchar to become a ‘business district’
Dhaka South City Corporation is planning to build a business district -- similar to Shanghai or Dubai -- in Kamrangirchar, to attract global business tycoons through this project.
According to DSCC officials, Bangladesh failed to attract global business tycoons to set up their offices in Motijheel and other business hubs in the country.
However, global investment is the main target to be achieved by this project.
During a recent programme in the capital, DSCC Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh talked about the project.
He said, "We want to offer global as well as domestic businesses the opportunity to set up offices in our newly planned central business district in Kamrangirchar."
The proposed plan identified the geographical location, environmental aspect, advantage of various natural resources of the Kamrangirchar area surrounded by the river basin and its very close proximity to existing financial centres as its strength.
According to DSCC sources, DSCC will build this commercial hub in Kamrangirchar, an island of 1,200 acres.
As per the draft plan, a high-rise convention centre, condominiums, high-end office buildings, auditoriums, a heritage museum, rooftop cafes and restaurants, an art gallery, green walkways, cycle lanes and stands, water taxi jetty, water garden, old Dhaka Museum, a drama theatre and an amphitheatre will be established in the project area.
The proposed plan identified the geographical location, environmental aspect, advantage of various natural resources of the Kamrangirchar area surrounded by the river basin and its very close proximity to existing financial centres as its strength.
Two bridges were also constructed for this project, one of which will start from Sutrapur's Lohar Poll. It will be a six-lane bridge, which will connect with a four-lane road to be made in the bank of Buriganga river.
Another connecting bridge will be made in Hazaribagh.
DSCC chief town planner Md Sirajul Islam said for the first time DSCC is preparing a 30-year master plan under a project titled "Preparation of Integrated Master Plan for Dhaka City".
This plan spans between 2020 and 2050.
He said, "Two consulting firms are working on this project's strategic plan. Next month they will send it to us. After preparing a strategic plan, we will go for the detailed plan."
"It is a long-term project, so we can't tell when it will start and end. It took over 30 years to develop Shanghai, and over 25 years to develop Dubai. So, if we think that it will be built overnight, that will be a wrong assumption," he added.
Among others, architecture firm Development Design Consultants (DDC) and Shatotto are working on preparing the master plan and the business district plan.
Rafiq Azam, principal architect of Shatotto, said, "We are creating the strategic plan of the business district. Hopefully, we will submit it in December. Ensuring a beautiful view and a comfortable city life would be the priority.
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