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An SOS for Dhaka [1]

Barun Roy / New Delhi January 28, 2010, 0:46 IST

With a road space of only 7 per cent, a bad urban layout and a population of 13 mn, it needs a road traffic plan.

If you want to know what rapid urbanisation can do to cities in the developing world, go to Dhaka. I did, early this month, after a gap of almost two decades, and found the experience shocking.

Publication Date: 
28/01/2010
Business Standard (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Habitat And Urbanisation [3], Urbanisation [4], Roads [5], Bangladesh [6], Dhaka [7]

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