“A dying city”
This is in response to the letter by Harun-or-Rashid (DS, May 16).
I thank the writer for raising this very important issue. It is not only about saving the capital city. Above all, it is about doing what is convenient for the people. Why should anyone have to travel all the way to Dhaka to get something done?
By relocating offices, different government organisations and their headquarters to different cities, the government will be able to provide jobs for the people of the host cities/towns. It would even be cheaper to run (cheaper accommodation).
It would also save our citizens their travel expenses particularly those poor people who can't afford the costs of hotel accommodation, restaurant food, etc. of the capital city. And, of course, it would reduce the capital city's congestion/population (as mentioned by the writer).
The government must make honest efforts to decentralise all those thousands of ministries and government offices. There is absolutely no reason whatsoever for all of them to be sitting in Dhaka.
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