The making of a megacity: how Dhaka transformed in 50 years of Bangladesh

Bilal9 · Apr 1, 2021

Valar. said:
Lack of family planning is real issue in our case.

Educated women have a way to earn their own incomes and don't have to depend on a man's income.

That way they control if/when they get pregnant. Children also have better health outcomes.

Women's education is key. That priority should be front and center.

Michael Corleone said:
Heard they’re ruining Chittagong now, @DalalErMaNodi enlighten us when you’re back
Gulshan is a nice area, that’s the least I expect from place to live

Yeah some newer properties and places in North Dhaka are okay. I have posted those pictures in the infra sticky thread before.

We can't compare to Bangalore. Indians have been bringing in backoffice business to that city since the 1990's. However Dhaka's pace of building new neighborhoods and infra is quicker than most cities in India, at least right now.

This is United House (commercial development) in Baridhara area (North Dhaka) I think.

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Bilal9 · Apr 1, 2021

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Lot of 30+ midrises going up. some close to finishing, some planned, like this one.

And new suburbia plans are being floated weekly...

Bilal9 · Apr 1, 2021

Last but not least new planned suburbs like Purbachal and Jolshiri will have smart cities, so there is some hope yet. In five years time 2nd tier Indian cities lie Bangalore won't be able to hold a candle to Dhaka Insha Allah...

DalalErMaNodi · Apr 1, 2021

Michael Corleone said:
Heard they’re ruining Chittagong now, @DalalErMaNodi enlighten us when you’re back
Gulshan is a nice area, that’s the least I expect from place to live

Chittagong is alot safer and lot less crowded as compared to Dhaka, you're never really far from nature in Chittagong (obviously).

Water logging is an issue and a good chunk of our main roads to and fro the port area in ruin thanks to the high traffic of goods laden trucks.

Drainage system needs to be worked on too.

Anywho, Chittagong still has a 'homey' feel to it, you'll feel it immediately should you step foot here, I'll just attribute it to the lower population density & overall relaxed 'vibe' to the city which is absent in metropolis Dhaka.

Foy's lake and Kulshi are good places to live in Chittagong, our equivalent of Banani, I suppose...

The Former is a very green area and there's a awesome manmade lake from which the locality gets its name.

The city can still be saved, something that cannot be said for Dhaka, however, CDA is full of tossers who'd rather feast on fatty beef stew than fix their city.

So much for 'Chatgaiya-ness'.

Shahzaz ud din · Apr 1, 2021

SpaceMan18 said:
At that time it was a small city of a million souls in a poor and underdeveloped nation, after decades of Pakistani neglect.

Bilal9 · Apr 2, 2021

OK it's been fifty years we had to own up.

No need to point fingers at each other anymore.

tower9 · Apr 2, 2021

Needs a lot better urban planning.

chinasun · Aug 7, 2021

Dhaka, Bangladesh 2021
The future belongs to Asia.

UKBengali · Aug 7, 2021

chinasun said:
Dhaka, Bangladesh 2021
The future belongs to Asia.

Thanks for this and goes to show the steady progress that BD has made after 50 years of independence.

Still a long way to go but the country is in the right direction.

SpaceMan18 · Aug 7, 2021

UKBengali said:
Thanks for this and goes to show the steady progress that BD has made after 50 years of independence.

Still a long way to go but the country is in the right direction.

On that video , Indians below in the comments getting triggered left and right lmao

Bilal9 · Aug 10, 2021

Protest_again said:
We have plenty of cities. However, this is not about India. Dhaka being only city in Bangladesh, it is grossly managed.

Lol. Bangladesh is more urbanized. Good joke.

In addition to besting India in several HDI factors, Bangladesh bests India in urbanization too (per CIA Factbook).

India	Bangladesh

Urbanization

urban population: 34.9% of total population (2020)
rate of urbanization: 2.37% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.)

urban population: 38.2% of total population (2020)
rate of urbanization: 3.17% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.)

Indians are breeding like rabbits...

Population growth rate

1.1% (2020 est.)

0.98% (2020 est.)

Total fertility rate

2.35 children born/woman (2020 est.)

2.11 children born/woman (2020 est.)

Several health indicators will show what we already know...

Infant mortality rate	total: 35.4 deaths/1,000 live births male: 34.4 deaths/1,000 live births female: 36.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2020 est.)	total: 28.3 deaths/1,000 live births male: 30.6 deaths/1,000 live births female: 26 deaths/1,000 live births (2020 est.)
Life expectancy at birth	total population: 69.7 years male: 68.4 years female: 71.2 years (2020 est.)	total population: 74.2 years male: 72 years female: 76.5 years (2020 est.)

Children under the age of 5 years underweight	33.4% (2016/18)	21.9% (2017/18)
Health expenditures	3.5% (2017)	2.3% (2017)

Contraceptive prevalence rate

53.5% (2015/16)

62.3% (2014)

However besting India cannot be the end goal of any country, it is self-defeating. India's position in HDI is not the world's best. Everyone knows that.

Bilal9 · Aug 10, 2021

Dhaka does suck. But there are half a dozen mega projects underway in Dhaka to improve the city. And there are better managed, clean areas in the city. Eventually the industrial activity will be removed to the SEZs from Dhaka central areas, and slums will be reduced. Current Mayors are trying but Rome won't be built in a day.

Dhaka-Mawa expressway completed

Dhaka Elevated Expressway 50% done (one of 6 expressways planned in Dhaka)