The Detailed Area Plan (DAP) review committee yesterday approved three residential projects for armed forces, police officials and bureaucrats.
The committee also asked the Rajdhani Unnayan Katripaksha (Rajuk) to impose compulsion on installing effluent treatment plants (ETP) for getting approval of new plans for housing projects.
The approval was given at a cabinet meeting with Housing and Public Works Minister Mosharraf Hossain in the chair.
Committee members – Land Minister Shamsur Rahman Sharif, Water Resources Minister Anisul Islam Mahmud, Hosuing Secretary Golam Rabbani and Rajuk Chairman Jainal Abedin Bhuiyan – attended the meeting.
After the meeting, Mosharraf Hossain, in a briefing told reporters that the committee had decided to approve three residential projects of armed forces, police officials and BCS admin cadre officers in the DAP area as the applicants showed commitment to fulfill requirements and conditions of Rajuk.
“They are agreed to install ETPs according to the requirement in their projects. They will also keep spaces, wetlands and canals and ensure water management and water modeling system involving Buet experts in their projects. Considering their proposals, the committee has decided to approve the projects in principle,” he added.
The housing project of armed forces ‘Jalshiri’ which will ensure the accommodation of around 66,000 armed force families.
The minister said, “The housing project for police officers will be established in between the Kuril flyover and Purbachal project area. The authority will ensure concrete drainage system for storm water and waste management separately. No waste would be gone through the drainages. It will not obstruct any water body or wetland.”
The housing project of civil bureaucrats will be established opposite to the Turag River. They have bought high land for the project. They assured the authority to establish ETP and adequate drainage system for their projects. In the application, it was assured that no wastes would be dumped in to the river, the minister told.
Mosharraf said, “The Rajuk was asked to approve only those projects which will assure to have own ETP systems along with other conditions of the authority.”
“The authority will also visit the project areas in the DAP area which were given approval earlier. The project authority and building owners will be asked to set ETP or soak pit,” he said.
When asked about viability of establishing ETP in every building, the minister said, “Off course, it would be viable. There are ETPs for industrial and domestic use. The building owners will have to set up domestic ETPs. They can also set up domestic ETPs by making consortium or groups. But, it would be mandatory.”
