No decentralisation
The political regimes have a centralised weakness: the tendency to overcrowd capital Dhaka, and denying administrative powers to the divisions, districts and upazilas.
Now the MPs are interfering with power sharing at the UZ level. The social and environmental long-term implications are ignored through ad hoc policies, and refusing to maintain continuity of projects inherited from the preceding regime.
Overloaded Dhaka is sinking, thanks to political wisdom! A recent video clip showed maps of Barisal showing the numbers of bridges required every 20-50 mile road distance. South Bangladesh is full of islands, rivers and canals, being a deltaic region; but the master planners in Dhaka are visioning huge mega bridges and tunnels. The traders in the southern district are very unhappy with under-developed roads and IWT services.
The concept of creating provinces is never debated in parliament (our density of population is one of the highest in the world, @ 1,000/sp Km).
Decentralisation is a vital topic for public debate; otherwise development projects would be stifled. Our political pundits have a myopic outlook--can't look beyond the active five years of stray governance.
There is no change in outlook; only erasing the predecessor's political holi [colour] marks. We are not colour-blind, but routine public services have a monochromatic stability. Do colourful personalities crack up during emergencies?
Unfortunately, Dhaka lags behind people's aspirations-as usual. What's new in BD? Sidr-political!
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