Terming the Detailed Field Thought (DAP) 2022 “discriminatory”, a team of landowners in Dhaka demanded its revision as per the Constructing Construction Guidelines-2008 and Bangladesh National Constructing Code-2020.
They, below the banner “Dhaka Metropolis Landowners Laid low with DAP”, also imply six more calls for at a press conference held at the CIRDAP auditorium in Dhaka this day (8 December).
In a written assertion, Professor Dewan MA Sajjad, the platform’s coordinator, said, “DAP used to be formulated in 2022 at some stage in the outdated executive’s tenure to fulfill its pursuits. On the time, it uncared for many considerations of Dhaka, giving priority most appealing to the topic of constructing peak, which has created discrimination amongst Dhaka dwellers.”
He said that DAP designated most appealing 20% of Dhaka city’s land for the constructing of high-upward push structures, classifying the leisure 80% as “unplanned areas”. This classification tremendously restricts the height and size of structures that also will doubtless be constructed in these areas.
In consequence, many landowners in these “unplanned” zones face challenges in atmosphere up high-rises.
Joint Coordinator Humayun Kabir said, “The recent DAP looks to primarily profit residents of the Gulshan dwelling, developing challenges for others. When we had been required to kind structures with 50% much less peak, it tremendously increased flat prices and condo prices.
“We remain committed to supporting the manager, but it be an indispensable to take care of the disparities and discrimination evident in the DAP,” he added.
Their additional calls for encompass the following: guaranteeing that the width of roads in front of properties aligns with rules, with the width matching the amount of floor accredited for constructing constructing; widening all roads in Dhaka to now not lower than 20 toes, halting the filling of water bodies, canals, and rivers, and combating the constructing of structures on agricultural land, and streamlining the course of for acquiring constructing approvals; and ending harassment by Rajuk.
