Comments on: Making Dhaka Free from Chaos http://www.e-bangladesh.org/2009/08/20/making-dhaka-free-from-chaos/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:20:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: MJ Zaman http://www.e-bangladesh.org/2009/08/20/making-dhaka-free-from-chaos/comment-page-1/#comment-8893 MJ Zaman Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:27:00 +0000 http://www.e-bangladesh.org/?p=1970#comment-8893 http://bangladeshgeographic.blogspot.com/2009/01/constituency-maps-of-bangladesh.html This is how I got into your blogspot: I was trying to find the constituency map of Agargaon and ShereBangla Nagar area. A Yahoo search landed me into the EC website. But I could neither find the constituency by using the EC search engine nor download any of the pdf maps due to server errors. I also went to the Jatiyo Sangshad website to track down the MP of that area and his email address so that I could send him a mail about the poor state of a road in his locality. The JS website sucks! The PM talks about Digital Bangladesh and her son talks tall about e-governance abroad but you hardly see any iota of digitization taking place among the parliamentarians. It is indeed very sad. Below is the letter I wanted to send to the lawmaker of Agargaon and Ganobhaban area. It is for the first time Dhaka has all MPs (20 in all or so) from the ruling party, the Awami League. I wonder if the elected representatives realise the magnitude of the responsibility on their shoulders. Each and every MP should be aware of the myriad problems of the areas they represent. Traffic, drainage, water supply, electricity, gas, sewerage are the major concerns for the city dwellers. For example, today I found out that there is a road that connects the new diversion road parallel to the PMO to the the road that runs across the Bangladesh-China Friendship Centre in Agargaon and passes behind the Ganobhaban into the Mirpur-Shaymoli Road in front of NICVD. This road is spacious and wide enough and could easily be used as a feeder road to relief a fraction of the chaotic traffic congestion plaguing the city. But the problem is that there is a 200-300 metre stretch behind the Ganobhaban and the Ministry of Defence annex building that is really in very very bad shape and could easily cause major damage to any kind of vehicle plying through. During the rainy season it has giant pot-holes several feet deep filled with water. I am surprised that no one including the MP or even the high officials who have their offices nearby ever thought about repairing the broken road to alleviate the sufferings of inhabitants of that area and Dhaka city dwellers at large. http://bangladeshgeographic.blogspot.com/2009/01/constituency-maps-of-bangladesh.html

This is how I got into your blogspot: I was trying to find the constituency map of Agargaon and ShereBangla Nagar area. A Yahoo search landed me into the EC website. But I could neither find the constituency by using the EC search engine nor download any of the pdf maps due to server errors.

I also went to the Jatiyo Sangshad website to track down the MP of that area and his email address so that I could send him a mail about the poor state of a road in his locality. The JS website sucks! The PM talks about Digital Bangladesh and her son talks tall about e-governance abroad but you hardly see any iota of digitization taking place among the parliamentarians. It is indeed very sad.

Below is the letter I wanted to send to the lawmaker of Agargaon and Ganobhaban area.

It is for the first time Dhaka has all MPs (20 in all or so) from the ruling party, the Awami League. I wonder if the elected representatives realise the magnitude of the responsibility on their shoulders.

Each and every MP should be aware of the myriad problems of the areas they represent. Traffic, drainage, water supply, electricity, gas, sewerage are the major concerns for the city dwellers.

For example, today I found out that there is a road that connects the new diversion road parallel to the PMO to the the road that runs across the Bangladesh-China Friendship Centre in Agargaon and passes behind the Ganobhaban into the Mirpur-Shaymoli Road in front of NICVD. This road is spacious and wide enough and could easily be used as a feeder road to relief a fraction of the chaotic traffic congestion plaguing the city. But the problem is that there is a 200-300 metre stretch behind the Ganobhaban and the Ministry of Defence annex building that is really in very very bad shape and could easily cause major damage to any kind of vehicle plying through. During the rainy season it has giant pot-holes several feet deep filled with water. I am surprised that no one including the MP or even the high officials who have their offices nearby ever thought about repairing the broken road to alleviate the sufferings of inhabitants of that area and Dhaka city dwellers at large.

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]]> By: Modelagentur Greens http://www.e-bangladesh.org/2009/08/20/making-dhaka-free-from-chaos/comment-page-1/#comment-8887 Modelagentur Greens Thu, 20 Aug 2009 07:36:56 +0000 http://www.e-bangladesh.org/?p=1970#comment-8887 Dhaka, a city of 1.75% the size of Melbourne, Australia is nearing the population of entire Australia. Serious gas, electricity, water crisis, massive traffic congestion, water logging after mild to moderate rain, air pollution, noise pollution, mosquito menace deteriorating law & order situation, off and on stall city life to virtual standstill. Government after government talk of remedial measures but fail to do anything. Rather unplanned growth and development complicates situation, compounds problem. Rivers around city are almost dead, city canals are non existent. Dhaka, a city of 1.75% the size of Melbourne, Australia is nearing the population of entire Australia. Serious gas, electricity, water crisis, massive traffic congestion, water logging after mild to moderate rain, air pollution, noise pollution, mosquito menace deteriorating law & order situation, off and on stall city life to virtual standstill. Government after government talk of remedial measures but fail to do anything. Rather unplanned growth and development complicates situation, compounds problem. Rivers around city are almost dead, city canals are non existent.

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