Highrise hope for Hatirjheel losers
Staff Correspondent
The government has decided to construct multi-storey structures adjacent to the Begunbari-Hatirjheel canal to accommodate the people affected by Hatirjheel project.
State Minister for Housing Abdul Mannan Khan made the decision public after a meeting with officials concerned at his office yesterday.
“We are going to erect high-rises and hoping that the affected people will enjoy staying there as the buildings will be north of Hatirjheel and facing south,” said Mannan.
"We have made the decision as we want to implement a project for the welfare of people although it is for a small number," he said, adding that the building will be constructed on khas land.
He also hoped to complete the Tk 1480.98 crore project titled "Integrated development of Hatirjheel area including Begunbari khal" within 2010 as scheduled. The project started in July 2007.
This project will not only increase the splendour of the area but also reduce traffic congestion and water-logging in the city, he said.
A total of 299.24 acres of land was acquired for the project of which about 219 acres is khas land while rest of the land belonged to different government organisations.
Four bridges will be constructed at three points--one near the Tongi diversion road, two at the centre point and another near Rampura--to ease traffic congestion in the city, said a Rajuk official.
A ring road will be constructed around the Hatirjheel-Begunbari site and all lanes and by-lanes in the area will be connected with the planned peripheral road, said the official.
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