beautiful BANGLADESH from inside and outside: RAJUK Uttara Apartment Project at Sector 18

Dhaka Metropolitan city has now become one of the crowded and densely populated mega cities in the world. By developing Flats/Apartments as a permanent resident it will be easier to reduce the pressure of population of this city. Large number of people resides permanently in Dhaka city for various purposes. Focusing the need of housing especially for lower and middle income group of people, the Ministry of Housing and Public Works of the Government of Bangladesh took initiative to build several multi-storied residential complexes and satellite cities around the Dhaka city through planned urbanization. The RAJUK Uttara Apartment Project is one of these kinds.

In line with the categorical acceptance a Development Project Proposal (DPP) for construction of around 22000 apartments for middle and lower income group of people at sector-18, Uttara, Dhaka has been recommended at inter-ministerial meeting at ministry of Housing and Public Works on 28th February, 2010. On 25th April, 2000, the RAJUK Uttara Apartment Project (3^rd phase) had been accepted categorically by ECNEC. The foundation stone of the Project was laid by the Hon’ble Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on 21st April, 2010. DPP of the Project has been approved on 10th October, 2011. On total 214.44 acres of land at Uttara 3rd Phrase Project, Sector-18, approximately 240 nos. 16 storied Apartment Building including one basement floor comprising about 20,160 nos flats were supposed to be constructed.

Location of the RAJUK Uttara Apartment Project:

The Project is situated at sector 18 of Uttara, Dhaka covering Block A, B & C. The main approach is from Ashulia-Mirpur Flood Protection Embankment Road and Sonargaon Jonopath of Uttara Model Town. There is a plan in future, this project approach will be connected directly to the Jashim Uddin Road of Uttara Model Town. In addition, there are two stations of MRT (Central & South) within the range of walking distance of the project area.

According to their design, tenders were called in 2012 in a conventional manner for 79 nos 16-storied buildings of Block-A. The Hon’ble Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the buildings of Block-A of the project through video conferencing on the 1st November, 2018. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed with the Special Envoy Office of Malaysian Government on October/2011 for implementing Block-B & C with Technical and Financial assistance in design-build-transfer mode. According to that 1st revision of DPP incorporating all necessary issues, such as: flat size, procurement mode (G to G) of Block-‘B’ & ‘C’ and duration of the project was sent to Ministry for approval from ECNEC. To comply above condition, necessary data and information are included in RDPP and after detailed examination, it has got approved from Ministry of Planning on April/2018. The statistics of Buildings and flats as per approved RDPP are as follows:

Design & Supervision of RAJUK Uttara Apartment Project:

Sub-Soil investigation has been done by Housing and Building Research Institute and structural design done by Public Works Department considering all earthquake risk parameter in this region according to the guidelines of Bangladesh National Building Code (BNBC).
Considering the modern architectural concept, Department of Architecture (DOA) has prepared the detail Architectural Design.
Experienced engineers of RAJUK & PWD are supervising the project ensuring the quality of construction work.

Facilities at RAJUK Uttara Apartment Project:

Approximately 55% of the land area of the entire project has been kept open for playgrounds, parks, greeneries, roads etc.
There are one primary school, one high school, one central mosque, convention halls, commercial spaces, super shops, showrooms and kitchen market in each block.
Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) has already been provided in each building and in some cases for each cluster for Block-A.
All services lines (Water Supply, Electricity, Cable TV, Telephone, Internet etc) will run through underground.
Rain Water Harvesting System has been provided in each building for Car washing, Gardening & Ground Recharging.
5-Deep Tube Wells have been installed in project area (Block-A) for ensuring water supply.
There are sufficient parking facilities in this project area.
12 Bio-digester Plants have already been set up for Solid Waste Management at Block-A.
Supply of LP Gas has been ensured through pipe lines by installing cylinder bank in reticulated system.

Utility Connection:

Dhaka WASA has already been completed the installation of Deep Tube Well and Water supply pipe networking for Block-A. House hold connection has also been done for 73 buildings.
Natural Gas supply is off as government order. As such LP Gas is being provided through MS pipe in reticulated system installing Cylinder Bank.
DESCO has already been provided electricity through 11KV Ring Main Unit in the project.

Facilities inside the Building’s & Apartment of the RAJUK Uttara Apartment Project:

In the ground floor of every building there are multi-purpose hall, guard room, reception lobby, driver’s waiting room, toilet etc.
Parking facilities in ground and basement floor.
In each building there is one main stair and two fire stairs.
Two 20 persons capacity Lifts, 250KVA generator and 800 KVA sub-station in each building.
600mm×600mm mirror polished tiles in apartment floor, decorated wall tiles, high quality local glazed porcelain commode, glazed porcelain basin and qualitative other sanitary accessories in all toilets.
Best quality marble in the reception lift lobby in the ground floor and 600mm×600mm mirror polished tiles for other floor area such as lift lobby, Corridor, passages of each building.
Plastic paint in internal wall and weather coat paint in outside wall.
Teak-Chambal wood for all door-frames, ornament Teak wood main entry door shutter, solid particle veneer flush door shutter for bed rooms and teak solid plain door shutter for toilet & verandah.
High quality aluminum for sliding window.
Glazed wall tiles and Granite working top in kitchen.

As per the information’s provided on the official web portal of RAJUK, the current progress of the RAJUK Uttara Apartment Project:

Block-A: Construction works of 79 Nos. 16 Storied Building at Block-A is almost completed. 6,636 nos. flats of this block are being handed over to the allottee gradually.

Block-B & C: Construction of 8,736 no flats in 104 nos 16-storied building in Block-B (52 nos building of 1250 sft flat) and Block-C (52 nos building of 850 sft flat) of this project is under process on G to G basis with the Government of Malaysia with their financial and Technical assistance. Unfortunately, Government of Malaysia has not shown their further sincere interest, its activities are suspended at this moment.

All the information’s has been collected from the official website of RAJUK. Please visit their website for latest update about RAJUK Uttara Apartment Project.

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