Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday (Jul 15) stressed the need for formulating a master plan to ensure planned development of the country protecting the water bodies, arabale lands and environment as well at the district, upazila and union level.
“We would have to pursue development at district, upazila and even in union level in a well-planned way after formulating a master plan,” she said while inaugurating seven housing development projects at the city’s Eskaton Garden Road area, local media reported.
The PM said, “Whatever we want to build whether it is school, college, roads, houses, mills and factories must be constructed in a planned way as we don’t want to allow construction of any development schemes in half-hazard way to give the people a standard live.”
Calling upon the architects and planners to take development plans that suit the weather and climate of the soil, she said, “You should bear in mind that water bodies must be protected in taking any plan as those are working as water reservoirs. These can hold waters during the rainy season which help to reduce water logging.”
Sheikh Hasina also asked the architects to draw the plans in such a way that roads can be expanded if necessary.
The premier requested all concerned to change the mindset of filling up ponds, canals and water bodies in case of constructing any buildings.
She said, “We have already asked the authorities concerned to undertake plans for saving water bodies.” “But, we don’t want to make the development centering the cities, but also to reach every civic amenities to the villages,” she added.
The PM later visited one of the three buildings constructed for grade one government officers on Eskaton Garden Road in the city.
Housing and Public Works Minister S.M. Rezaul Karim and its secretary Md Shahid Ullah Khandaker spoke on the occasion.
A video documentary on the seven projects was also screened at the function.
