Revised DAP within a month to solve building height disparity: RAJUK chairman
“Some amendments have been made to the DAP gazetted in 2022. They are now at the ministry level. Hopefully, the amendments will be passed within a month,” he said
The government is expected to introduce a revised Detailed Area Plan (DAP), formulated by the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk), with the addition of new rules that aim to resolve the building height disparity in areas within a month.
RAJUK Chairman Major General (retd) Siddiqur Rahman Sarkar made the announcement on Thursday (30 January) at a meeting with the Urban Development Journalists Forum Bangladesh (UDJFB) members at the RAJUK conference room.
"Some amendments have been made to the DAP gazetted in 2022. They are now at the ministry level. Hopefully, the amendments will be passed within a month," he said at the event.
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Responding to a question about which parts of the DAP are being amended, the Rajuk chairman said there is an area-based disparity in height limits for buildings in the current DAP.
"This has been adjusted. There will be no such discrimination based on area. The larger the area, the higher the building will be approved," he said.
He further said, "In addition, in the two types of water reservoirs, only one term - water reservoir - has been used in the amendment. No one will be able to fill the reservoir. In addition, no building will be allowed to be built on agricultural land."
The Rajuk chairman continued that under the revised DAP, a minimum width of 20 feet is required to get permission to construct a building.
He said, "Rajuk has recently taken several steps to make the capital a livable city. In a densely populated city like Dhaka, there is no alternative to building multi-storey buildings. If necessary, Rajuk will approve a 100-storey building with a large area and state-of-the-art car parking."
The chairman said they are planning to improve connectivity in the cities surrounding Dhaka to reduce the pressure on the capital. "We are planning to establish several commercial zones around Dhaka. We are trying to make more parks and open space for city breathing points."
Addressing building usage, the Rajuk chairman added that they are working to expedite the issuance of occupancy certificates, which has been a source of complications.
He said that more than 90% of buildings in central Dhaka do not comply with building codes and that more than 95% of buildings in the new area are unauthorised.
