The recreational facilities in the capital – amusement parks, museums, gardens and other places of interest – are ready to welcome the holiday crowd as the city-dwellers celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr this year.
A huge chunk of Dhaka’s population is leaving the city to celebrate Eid with their families in different parts of the country, but a good number of local residents will celebrate the festival by visiting the recreational places, like every year.
Keeping that in mind, the city authorities are taking additional preparations to accommodate the holiday visitors, especially children – the parks and museums have been cleaned up, repaired and decorated, and security around the premises has been tightened.
Officials at Dhaka South City Corporation told the Dhaka Tribune that the decoration of Shaheed Zia Shishu Park at Shahbagh is complete and it will remain open from 9am to 9pm on Eid day.
The Hatirjheel-Begunbari Lake area has also been cleaned for the occasion, and it is one of the most attractive places in the capital, officials of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartipakkha said.
Authorities of the National Zoo at Mirpur has taken extensive preparations to entertain children this Eid; they think the animals likely to attract children the most tigers, peacocks, hippopotamus and giraffe calves.
Fantasy Kingdom and Nandan Water Park, the two amusement parks in the capital, are ready for the holiday visitors as well.
Nandan Park is offering seven new attractions on the occasion. Water Kingdom, of Fantasy Kingdom, is opening an aquarium tunnel that connects Fantasy Kingdom and Water Kingdom. Water Kingdom authorities said the amusement park would be open from 9am to 9pm on Eid day, and special programmes would be held throughout the day.
Other places such as Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Planetarium, Shyamoli Shishu Mela, National Museum, Ahsan Manzil Museum, Lalbagh Fort and Baldha Garden, the South Plaza of Jatiya Sangsad, Chandrima Udyan, Suhrawardy Udyan, Dhanmondi Lake and Gulshan-Banani-Baridhara Lake have also been prepared for the Eid crowd as well.