Urban development in Bangladesh

[ebr77]

No updates about Dhaka Metro ???

=D they are digging small holes all over the planned routes, they are just starting....it's not going to be like Delhi metro initially though even after it's completed. I will try to upload some pics ...of their digging next time

 

[ebr77]

lol...what's the max size of image we can upload ?

 

[Bilal9]

lol...what's the max size of image we can upload ?

I have uploaded up to 2048X1600 or so pixels and it showed up. Larger images take more time to render because they are bigger files.

Hatirjheel area traffic...mid-Dhaka.

Hatirjheel is the city's new 'breathing space'. Plans are in the offing for shopping areas, entertainment venues, a Ferris wheel, boat quays etc. etc.

 

[Nilgiri]

I have uploaded up to 2048X1600 or so pixels and it showed up. Larger images take more time to render because they are bigger files.

Hatirjheel area traffic...mid-Dhaka.

Hatirjheel is the city's new 'breathing space'. Plans are in the offing for shopping areas, entertainment venues, a Ferris wheel, boat quays etc. etc.

CNG auto's for the win! Are they Bajaj?

 

[Bilal9]

CNG auto's for the win! Are they Bajaj?

Bingo! Majority are Bajaj - some are from other brands (LML-Vespa)?

 

[haviZsultan]

Great pictures. It is good to see Bengal developing and strengthening its economy. Its a treat to watch since I consider Bengali people my own. When Jinnah made Pakistan he made it with bengal and we stupid west pakistanis threw it away with our weak and pathetic thinking and not being able to look beyond things from an ethnic sense. I wish Bengal all the best and its development is great. I am thankful that Bengal is progressing

Pink city, Dhaka, Bangladesh, example of tract housing...

Major General Osmany Uddyan (park), Gulistan, Dhaka

Ramna park, Dhaka (oldest park adjoining a former race course, planned in British times)

Chandrima Uddyan (Park) w/ President Zia's Mazar

Baldha Botanical Gardens in old Dhaka

Three leaders' Mausoleum (AK Fazlul Huq, Khwaja Nazimuddin, HS Suhrawardy), near Ramna Gate

I am glad that more than Mujib Ur Rehman Bengal remembers these people (in bold)... they risked their lives to form Pakistan, evidence that Bengalis once lived and died for Pakistan. We threw away half the land. It was purely us west pakistanis fault.

 

[Arthur]

CNG auto's for the win! Are they Bajaj?

Bajaj has a local production factory under JV here in BD.

 

[Bilal9]

Great pictures. It is good to see Bengal developing and strengthening its economy. Its a treat to watch since I consider Bengali people my own. When Jinnah made Pakistan he made it with bengal and we stupid west pakistanis threw it away with our weak and pathetic thinking and not being able to look beyond things from an ethnic sense. I wish Bengal all the best and its development is great. I am thankful that Bengal is progressing

I am glad that more than Mujib Ur Rehman Bengal remembers these people (in bold)... they risked their lives to form Pakistan, evidence that Bengalis once lived and died for Pakistan. We threw away half the land. It was purely us west pakistanis fault.

Yes Bhai what happened did happen but it was forty years ago. Nobody in Bangladesh keeps those grudges except who need to do politics with it. All Pakistani people (as well as Indians) are our brothers and sisters and yes many of them are living and working locally.

We can learn a lesson from the past but it is time to move on and face the future.

Bajaj has a local production factory under JV here in BD.

Yes they make motorbikes. Not autorickshaws though - or they maybe just assemble them.

Baby taxis were supposed to go out of circulation many moons ago. What saved them locally was the CNG engine.

 

[Arthur]

Yes they make motorbikes. Not autorickshaws though - or they maybe just assemble them.

Baby taxis were supposed to go out of circulation many moons ago. What saved them locally was the CNG engine

No,Bajaj Motorbike production is a different story.
Uttara Motors had a JV with bajaj.First they had a assembly and marketing rights.Now a days the produce their own models.Engine is imported from China.last year I read somewhere that They are going to kick off their own engine production.I am not sure about if they still assembles Bjaj or not.
Baja now a days shares the market with many other local and foreign brands.Some other small companies assembles them now a days,that too with a parts and engine production rights.

 

[Bilal9]

No,Bajaj Motorbike production is a different story.
Uttara Motors had a JV with bajaj.First they had a assembly and marketing rights.Now a days the produce their own models.Engine is imported from China.last year I read somewhere that They are going to kick off their own engine production.I am not sure about if they still assembles Bjaj or not.
Baja now a days shares the market with many other local and foreign brands.Some other small companies assembles them now a days,that too with a parts and engine production rights.

Thanks for the info Khan Shaheb.

I think the time is now ripe to ban Bicycle Rickshaws altogether. They have no place in modern Dhaka and are a hazard to other forms of speedy transport.

People are just too lazy to walk. Otherwise rickshaws would be extinct a long time ago. Witness what happened in most other South Asian cities. Can't find rickshaws anywhere.

Here's a video of Walton production process for a few things, one of them being motorbikes...

New bike by Walton (Speedo 150), locally designed and engineered...

 

[24 Hours]

I think the time is now ripe to ban Bicycle Rickshaws altogether. They have no place in modern Dhaka and are a hazard to other forms of speedy transport.

But then what will be the next Rickshaw capital of the world?

 

[Bilal9]

But then what will be the next Rickshaw capital of the world?

Somewhere else brother? Not here.

Oi romanticism-er din shesh. We have to be practical now.

The alternative is to sit in perpetual traffic jams for hours...who's up for that alternative.....??

 

[24 Hours]

Somewhere else brother? Not here.

Oi romanticism-er din shesh. We have to be practical now.

The alternative is to sit in perpetual traffic jams for hours...who's up for that alternative.....??

I wasn't really trying to be serious there, would really like to see them go. Although Dhaka wouldn't be the same it's for the best. Anything to cut down on traffic is welcome.

 

[Arthur]

Thanks for the info Khan Shaheb.

I think the time is now ripe to ban Bicycle Rickshaws altogether. They have no place in modern Dhaka and are a hazard to other forms of speedy transport.

People are just too lazy to walk. Otherwise rickshaws would be extinct a long time ago. Witness what happened in most other South Asian cities. Can't find rickshaws anywhere.

Here's a video of Walton production process for a few things, one of them being motorbikes...

New bike by Walton (Speedo 150), locally designed and engineered...

Should have banned them 12 years ago.But any day is good day.

 

[mb444]

What will the rickshawallas and associated linked industries do for a job.... It's a very labour intensive as well a green from of transport... Needs careful thinking and action post cost benefit analysis keeping in mind needs of the entire populace