High-rise parking a solution

	Motijheel road clogged as high-rises lack parking. Photo: Star

Star Report
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Take a walk along the pavements of Motijheel-- the business hub of the capital-- on a weekday, and you will meet thousands of cars parked in double or triple rows on both sides of the road lined by high-rise commercial buildings.

So in effect, four to six lanes are being devoured, leaving a tiny aperture for movement of traffic.

This unfavourable situation occurs due to lack of adequate parking space in most buildings. The same story is retold in Karwan Bazaar and Gulshan, the upcoming business hubs.

In the medium-term, the problem could be solved if Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) took appropriate steps to build car-parking towers for commercial high-rises at hotspots.

However, in the short run, Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) could resume its drive to monitor parking lots of high-rise buildings.

Rajuk took this initiative during the last caretaker government, when it compelled the building owners to create parking spaces for its vehicles. However, after the election, the spaces were restored to their previous state.