Walkways Beside Four Rivers Around Dhaka City

Around 52 km long walkway will be constructed on the banks of the four rivers surrounding the capital city Dhaka. This walkway will be built on the banks of Buriganga, Turag, Shitalakkhya and Balu rivers. After completion of the whole project the banks of Buriganga and other rivers will be turned into tourist spots that will attract even the foreigners.

Recently construction work of the boundary pillar to stop recapture of these rivers to build the walkway was inaugurated. On July 2019 the Home Minister Mr. Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and the State Minister of Shipping Mr. Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury of the Bangladesh Government inaugurated the work at Kholamora Ghat in Kamrangirchar, Dhaka.

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) is implementing this project. Recently the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina gave instructions to bring Buriganga back to its old form. The introduction of the circular waterways around Dhaka will facilitate passenger and freight transport. Buriganga will be seen like Hatirjheel, the whole surrounding area of Dhaka will be changed.

The Buriganga River will be the center of joy and entertainment. If the whole projects implemented then within few years the water of the Buriganga will be pollution free. The river will be used for the livelihood of humans, such an environment will be created. The beauty of the Thames River beside London city will be here in Buriganga River beside Dhaka city.

At present the government is working to free all the rivers surrounding the city from recapturing and pollutions. Lots of steps have already been taken. Based on the reports published on various newspapers regarding this issue, from January-June, 2019, about 5,239 illegal constructions have been evacuated and 145.1 acres river banks were recovered. During this period, about taka 8.5 crore has been fined.

Cooperation of all the peoples is very much needed to save the rivers from pollution's. The whole project work will be done in different phases.

First phase:

• Total number of 3803 RCC border pillars will be placed around the river port of Dhaka. 2340 pillars will have single pile and rest 1,463 pillars will have double piles.
• Construction cost of 3,803 RCC border pillars will be around 70 crore and will be end by December 2020.
• From Ramchandraur to Basila and from Rayerbazar to Kamrangirchar, one kilometer walkway, one km key wall and 2.5 km walkway on pile will be constructed.
• The walkways key-walls construction work will cost 55 crore taka and will be completed by June 2020.

Second Phase:

• From Ramchandrapur to Basila and from Rayerbazar canal to Kamrangirchar, the walkway will be constructed along with bank of the river.
• Apart from this, there will be total 52 km of walkways, 40 km embankment, 10,820 border pillars on the recovered banks of the rivers, three eco-parks, 19 RCC jetties, 100 RCC stairs and other beautification works will be done.
• There will be more 38 spots, 36 signboards, six pontoons, and two tourism parks.

The whole project will be implemented in different phases at a cost of around Taka 845.55 crore and hope will be completed within June 2022.

Visit BIWTA website for further details.

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