Beautifying Hatirjheel
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Most dailies, including yours, have proposed a dismantling of the illegally built BGMEA building. In my opinion, the building need not be dismantled but left there and the owners as a penalty should turn the whole area of Hatirjheel into a green park as per design and specification to be laid out by Rajuk.
It should have all facilities like boundary walls, pathways, benches, playground for children, and other facilities as well as gates at various points and a pond surrounded by a flower garden all around it. They should provide all needed lighting facilities and water supply at various points for spraying water on the trees and plants.
The BGMEA building can be surrounded by tall and dense trees which will work as curtains all around the structure. After completing the garden strictly as per specification, the BGMEA building authorities should be responsible for looking after the trees, and repair and maintain all the facilities for a period of at least 25 years. All the trees will mature by that time.
People will go to the place to relax in the lush green garden, with flowering plants and trees providing shade and beauty in the middle of the metropolis.
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