Satellite towns around Dhaka
Every year we see oceans of people leave Dhaka to go to their native towns and villages across the country to enjoy Eid holidays. We can see the rush of people when they move to and from Dhaka city. Overpopulation has made this city a complete failure in terms of food, shelter, transport, education, or to put it briefly, standard of living. People live miserable lives without minimum amenities of a modern city.
Policymakers along with the civil society have proposed the establishment of several satellite towns surrounding Dhaka city. Considering the population pressure on life of the city dwellers, it is of topmost priority to plan a model so that their feasibilities and acceptability can be tested. Four or five such satellite towns can be created. If an efficient and well- planned transportation system can be ensured, then distribution of the popukation among these towns can bring substantial social and economic gains.
Moreover, it will have quite a large magnitude of spread effect among the surrounding neighbourhoods which will bring change in their standard of living.
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