ENVIRONMENT IN DHAKA CITY & MY LOCALITY

Introduction:

Bangladesh is the small country.Dhaka is thecapital of Bangladesh.it is the big city.many

types of people lives here.dhaka has a long story.

It was founded during the 10th century. It served as the Mughal capital of Bengal from
1608 to 1704.Before coming under British rule in 1765 it was a trading center for British,
French, and Dutch colonialism . In 1905 it was again named the capital of Bengal, and in
1956 it became the capital of East Pakistan. During the Bangladesh war of independence
in1971 the city suffered a heavy damage. In 1982 the spelling was changed from ' Dacca'
to 'Dhaka'. becoming the hub of the nation's industrial, commercial, cultural, educational
and political activities.Dhaka is located in one of the world's leading rice- and jute-
growing regions. Its industries include textiles (jute, muslin, cotton) and food processing,
especially rice milling.

A variety of other consumer goods are also manufactured here. The Muslim influence is
reflected in the more than 700 mosques and historic buildings found throughout the city.
The University of dhaka (1921) and several technical schools and museums are located
here. At Tongi Teigaon, Demra, Pagla, Kanchpur the industrial establishments turn-out
daily necessities. Motijheel is the main commercial area of the city. Dhaka's major
waterfront Sadarghat is on the bank of the river Buriganga and is crowded with all kinds
of rivercraft, yatchs, country boats, motor launches, paddle - steamers, fishermen's boats
all bustling with activity.Colourful rickshaws (tricycle) on the city streets are common
attractions for the visitors.Some of the outstanding tourist attractions of Dhaka .
Area: 815.85 Sq. kilometers.
Climate : Tropical, with heavy rainfall and bright sunshine in the monsoon and warm for
the greater part of the year. The winter months, from November to February, are
however, most likeable, cool.
Rainfall : 2540 mm annually.
Temperature: Max. Min
Summer- 36.7°c 21.1°c
winter- 31.7°c 10.5°c
Population: 10 million.
 Map of Dhaka city

Historical place of Dhaka city:

There are some famous historical places in Dhaka.these are shritishowdha,shaheed

minar,lalbag etc.these places are used for amusement for the people.

Picture of shritishowdha

Picture of shaheed minar

Problems of Dhaka urban area:

We all know that Dhaka city is at 11th position among all the mega city in the word.But
this city is not decorated in a planned way.So,there are lots of problems in Dhaka
city.Population problem,traffic problem,environment pollution etc are the major
problems that people have to face regularly.

Dhaka city is one of the most populated cities.People are increasing here everyday.So,the
free spaces are decreasing respectively.As all the people are moving towards to Dhaka so
it can be easily said that one day it will be very tough to move freely in Dhaka.Trffic jam
is another major problems of Dhaka city.One can easily say that Dhaka is not decorated
in a planned way by facing traffic jam in Dhaka city.Regular people have to face traffic
jam.

One can see the picture of traffic jam from the Farmgate overbridge or from Magbazar
overbridge. People of Dhaka city can not go to office timely only for this traffic
jam.Student can not reach their schools or colleges or universities in the scheduled
time.As Dhaka city is one of the big mega cities,this kind of dangerous condition of
traffic system of Dhaka is not really expected .
 Picture of Traffic jam

Now a days,in Dhaka city environment pollution is one of the talked topics.This is also
one of the major problems in Dhaka city.Sound pollution is creating from the
vehicles.Air is getting polluted from the industries.and obviously,underconstruction
building are making serious pollution.The people of Dhaka city can not get fresh air of
nature.People have to take polluted air which is bad for health.For the vehicles it is really
tough for pass sometimes outside of home.On the other hand underconstruction buildings
make serious sound pollution.Water pollution is also one of the problems of Dhaka
city.People never have the fresh water for drinking.If one wants to drink water safely he
or she has to refresh the water.Otherwise it will affect seriously to the health.I think
Dhaka city is one of the dusty cities of the world.

Garbage collecting system is not very good here in Dhaka city that is why this city is
beseted with so dusty.As a mega city the roads and other places of Dhaka city should be
neat and clean but the scenario of Dhaka city opposes the rules.my are garbage collection
is not verry good.collection not regularly.
 Picture of garbage collection in my area

Like other cities of the world Dhaka citgy also beseted with crimes.Regularly crime is
occurred in most of the places of Dhaka city.People can not move freely to an
independent country because of crime.Girls always lost their valuable things due to
crime.People can not choose CNG as their transportation due to crime.So,after all it can
be said what the hell this city is.So Dhaka urban areas are beseted with these kinds of
dangerous problems.

Represent my living area:

The area I will represent is West Tezturi Bazaar that is situated at Farmgate area in
Dhaka city.The area is under the Tejgao Police Station.The The area is situated almost at
the centre of the Farmgate area.The famous Karowan Bazaar is very close to my
area.Bashundhara city which is one of the biggest shopping mall of Bangladesh is also
situated close to my area.As Farmgate is the centre point of whole Dhaka city so I live in
such a place from where I get the better facilities then other area of Dhaka city.But in this
area there are some disadvantages also.Overall,this place is a good one for maintaining a
comfortable life .Because whatever one needs for his or her daily life can easily get
without going to a long distance.

The area is one of the busiest area of Dhaka city.Because,main branch of many coaching
centres is situated in this area.So,this place always remains busy.The main facility I get
from this area is the transportation facility.I live in this kind of area.This is the area that I
want to represent through this assignment mentioning the facilities and the demerits of
this area.

Picture of Farmgate
My home:

My home is situated at West Tezturi Bazaar at Farmgate Dhaka..So,sortly West Tezturi

Bazaar,Dhaka.It is very much easy to locate my house.It is behind the UCC coaching
centerl.I think almost everybody knows about this coaching centre.West Teztury Bazaar
is situated behind this coaching center.Other easy way to locate my home is it is near the
Farmgate Grameen Phone Centre.There is a mosque named West Tezturi Bazaar Zame
Moque in West Teztury Bazaar.My home is very much close to the mosque.I think this is
the easiest way to find my home.

Under construction building:

Though I live in a area that gives me the best transportation facilities but it is not a neat
and clean area.Many things pollute the area in many ways.Underconstruction buildings is
also responsible for creating pollution in this area.In my area there are two
underconstruction buildindgs.One is near the Grameen Phone Centre and another one is
near the UCC coaching center.The main pollution that the underconstruction buildings
creates is sound pollution.It is very much tough for the people of this area to lead a
peaceful life. The sounds from the under construction buildings cerates a serious
problems when it is a time to sleep.As the labour works all through the day and
sometimes all through the night,sound pollution is now an usual thing for the people of
my area.But when it is a time to sleep in that case it is not tolerable.
 Picture of under construction building in my area

On the other hand as it is under construction building so sometimes the work is stopped
due to the instructions that is given by the contractor or to make the building stronger.So
there remains water for a long time.And mosquitoes get the chance to increase their
number.For this we have to face a problem.That is,the people have to face the serious
disease like dengue.It is known to all that Dhaka city is a city of mosquito also.But I
think my area is the best area for the mosquito to make a home.

Earlier I mentioned that the area is not neat and clean mosquito is a companion of this
area .But when the building construction was started from then the mosquitoes started to
increase their number at a high rate.So we are not in a good condition facing this kinds of
problems. In this way the under constructions buildings in this area create the pollution.
Hospital & Clinic:

In farmgate there is one hospital which is situated near the Concord Tour near the main
road.name of the hospital is al-razi. I personally think that the hospital is not in a sound
environment that it is needed.Though the hospital is very much neat and clean but as it is
near the main road so it is usual that there might be sounds from the vehicles.So it is a
sorrowful for us that we r not having a hospital which is in a environmentally clean ares.

Picture of al-razi hospital in my area

The hospital is not situated in a good areas.But it is a good side of this hospital that it
disposes its wastages in a garbage.The garbge collectors comes in our area and the
hospitals maintain a good schedule to give their wastages to the garbage collectors.In that
hospitals there are many people only to kee the hospitals neat and clean.The hospital is
very much sincere about this important issue.It is a good side for our area.Other
institution are not very much sincere about this issue .That is why farmgate is a beseted
with dusts .But the hospitals is maintaining a very good routine to keep the hospital as
well as its area vey beautiful.
Positive & Negative Sides:

My living area is a beautiful place in Dhaka city. There are some positive sides and
negative sides in my area.I think the positive sides are more significant than the negative
sides.There are mosque,school,college,university,clinic,hospital,park,

Picture of park in my area

good communication,super market,field,bank,and others etc in my area.So,people of my

area get the best facilities without going a far distance for maintaining their regular
lives.From the park people get the fresh air.They can do their physical exercise going to
this park.On the otherhand,markets,shopping mall etc are very close to my area.So,people
can easily buy their essential things.These are the advantages of my area.Besides some
positive sides my area has some negative sides also.First of all the process of garbage
collection of my area is not much good.So,I earlier I mentioned that my area is not so
much neat and clean.As it is a busy area as well as a commercial area,the businessman
always wants his company in this area.So,we have to face the disadvantages of the
underconstruction buildings.Overall,the positive sides are noticeable.

Conclusion:

My living place is beautiful.The environment of my area is very good.Dhaka city is a big

city but the most populated place of Dhaka city is Farmgate.This place provides me with
some advantages and some disadvantages.But I feel I get the advantages more than the
disadvantages.
Map of my living place