Bangladesh's environment minister has urged capital planners to abandon concrete-centric strategies that have rendered Dhaka hazardous and dysfunctional. Syeda Rizwana Hasan told urban development officials at a transit planning conference that structural reforms must override institutional resistance blocking necessary changes.
The adviser stressed that livable conditions require eliminating polluting buses and implementing modern mass transit networks while preserving ecological zones. She rejected sacrificing green buffers for commercial construction, noting the metropolis already contains excessive marketplaces but desperately lacks accessible public areas.
Hasan addressed participants at a Rajuk seminar supported by the Japan International Cooperation Agency, examining transit-oriented growth strategies. Housing secretary Nazrul Islam, metro company head Faruque Ahmed, and Japanese representative Tomohide Ichiguchi attended the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre discussion.
The adviser stressed that livable conditions require eliminating polluting buses and implementing modern mass transit networks while preserving ecological zones. She rejected sacrificing green buffers for commercial construction, noting the metropolis already contains excessive marketplaces but desperately lacks accessible public areas.
Hasan addressed participants at a Rajuk seminar supported by the Japan International Cooperation Agency, examining transit-oriented growth strategies. Housing secretary Nazrul Islam, metro company head Faruque Ahmed, and Japanese representative Tomohide Ichiguchi attended the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre discussion.
