City Desk :
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said that the government is dedicated to transforming Dhaka into a city that ensures a high quality of life for its residents.
“The people of this area (Old Dhaka) will benefit and can live a beautiful life. We are working toward this goal,” she stated, reports UNB.
The Prime Minister made the remarks during a program inaugurating several development projects in Old Dhaka, including the construction of a new 10-storey Bangabazar Nagar Wholesale Market. The original market was destroyed by a devastating fire on April 4 last year.
The other projects include Valiant Freedom Fighter Sheikh Fazlul Haque Moni Sarani (an 8-lane road), Hossain Shaheed Suhrawardy Shishu Udyan, and Nazrul Sarobor.
Sheikh Hasina also highlighted the government’s initiatives to improve connectivity between Dhaka and other districts.
“We want to build a ring road in Dhaka to facilitate easier inter-district communication,” she said, acknowledging the previous lack of significant road infrastructure in the eastern and western parts of Dhaka.
“The government has already built a metro rail, expressway, and many other roads, with several more metro rail projects under construction to ease road communication,” she added.
Briefly describing the development projects taken the overall development of the Dhaka, the prime minister said her government is working to make easy communication of other districts with Dhaka.