City Desk :
Some affected land owners of Dhaka city on Sunday demanded the abolition of the Detailed Area Plan (DAP), a city planning initiative for Dhaka that aims to create a comprehensive development plan for the city, reports UNB.
They also presented a five-point demand at a human chain held in front of the Jatiya Press Club. The DAP is the third and final tier of the Dhaka Metropolitan Development Plan (DMDP) that provides detailed planning proposals for specific areas within the city. They claimed DAP (2022-2035) has caused huge losses and discrimination to the land owners of Dhaka city. Coordinator of the platform Professor Dewan M A Sajjad said the main objective of DAP is to classify, conserve, develop and control land, but by bypassing these objectives and not prioritisng the issue of construction rules, some opportunistic people of the previous government purposefully enacted DAP 2022-2035 and snatched the right of residence of the city dwellers.
In 2008, permission was given to build as many flats as 10-storey buildings on the same amount of land, now permission is being given to build 5-storey buildings and reducing the number of flats on the same amount of land – which is in no way acceptable, he said.
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Mentioning that the proposed DAP allows high-rise buildings to be built in 20 percent of Dhaka city, buildings of half its height and area are being built in the remaining 80 percent of the area, Professor Dewan M A Sajjad said 80 percent of the people of Dhaka city are being able to get the approval any design for the past two years.
“In this situation, we are facing great losses. Our demands to end this inequality are presented in our programme,”he added.
They also demanded that permission should be given to construct buildings in all areas of Dhaka city as per the 2008 rules removing all discrimination and formulate revised rules as per the 2008 Construction Rules.
They demanded the amendment of the DAP to preserve water bodies, canals, rivers, canals, roads, playgrounds, parks, industrial establishments, agriculture, residential areas, etc. of Dhaka city.
They also want the necessary measures to free Dhaka city from waterlogging. They also demanded the stoppage of all harassment by RAJUK and simplification of building construction approvals from RAJUK.
The main objective of DAP that covers a large area of about 1,528 square kilometers, including the trading hub of Narayanganj, and Keraniganj district is to control development through land use zoning and to establish a framework for future infrastructure and services.
The current DAP plan spans from 2016 to 2035 intending to implement the policies and recommendations of the DMDP’s Structure Plan and Urban Area Plan.
