Matuail is located in Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), Ward no. 62(part), 63, 64, 65 & 66(part), Dhaka Division, Bangladesh.
History edit
Matuail lies within the Dhaka-Narayanganj-Demra Irrigation Project (DND) area. The project, started in 1962 and completed in 1968,[1] was meant to transform the floodplain of three rivers: the Buriganga, Balu, and Shitalakshya, into an agricultural polder protected by embankments against flooding and drained or irrigated by a pumping station.[2]
Unplanned urbanization and industrialization took off within the DND in 1988 after the Dhaka–Chittagong Highway was completed.[1] By 2005, waterlogging had become a perennial problem there, caused by the lack of a sewage system, encroachment on drainage canals, and inadequate pumping facilities.[3]
Matuail became part of Dhaka South City Corporation in 2016 when Dhaka was expanded to include 16 largely rural union parishads mostly to the east.[4] This increased the pace of urban sprawl.[1] Over the years, numerous projects to address the area's chronic drainage problems have been announced, but as of 2023 they remain unresolved.[3][5][6]
Geography edit
It is located on the north side of the Dhaka–Chittagong Highway and on the south side of the Dhaka-Sylhet (Old Dhaka-Demra) Highway. Its area is 10.16 square kilometres (3.92 sq mi).[citation needed] The area is about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) away from Motijheel.
References edit
- ^ a b c Rahman, Sadiqur (8 September 2023). "Matuail: A new town without a sewerage system". The Business Standard.
- ^ Rasid, Harun (June 1996). "Impact Assessments from Survey of Floodplain Residents: The Case of the Dhaka-Narayanganj-Demra (DND) Project, Bangladesh". Impact Assessment. 14 (2): 116–118. doi:10.1080/07349165.1996.9725893.
- ^ a b "Govt to undertake Tk 233 crore project for DND area". bdnews24.com. 23 July 2005.
- ^ Bird, Julia; Li, Yue; Rahman, Hussain Zillur; Rama, Martín; Venables, Anthony (2018). Towards great Dhaka: a new urban development paradigm eastward. Washington, DC: World Bank Group. p. 33. ISBN 978-1-4648-1238-5.
- ^ Ullah, Ahamed (7 July 2017). "Illegal structures hinder water flow of DND canal". Daily Sun.
- ^ "Narayanganj's DND area gets waterlogged after heavy rains". The Financial Express. UNB. 2 July 2023.
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