Matuail is located in Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), Ward no. 62(part), 63, 64, 65 & 66(part), Dhaka Division, Bangladesh.
Matuail is located in Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), Ward no. 62(part), 63, 64, 65 & 66(part), Dhaka Division, Bangladesh.
Matuail lies within the Dhaka-Narayanganj-Demra Irrigation Project (DND) area. The project, started in 1962 and completed in 1968, [1] was meant to transform the floodplain of three rivers: the Buriganga, Balu, and Shitalakshya, into an agricultural polder protected by embankments against flooding and drained or irrigated by a pumping station. [2]
Unplanned urbanization and industrialization took off within the DND in 1988 after the Dhaka–Chittagong Highway was completed. [1] By 2005, waterlogging had become a perennial problem there, caused by the lack of a sewage system, encroachment on drainage canals, and inadequate pumping facilities. [3]
Matuail became part of Dhaka South City Corporation in 2016 when Dhaka was expanded to include 16 largely rural union parishads mostly to the east. [4] This increased the pace of urban sprawl. [1] Over the years, numerous projects to address the area's chronic drainage problems have been announced, but as of 2023 they remain unresolved. [3] [5] [6]
It is located on the north side of the Dhaka–Chittagong Highway and on the south side of the Dhaka-Sylhet (Old Dhaka-Demra) Highway. Its area is 10.16 square kilometres (3.92 sq mi).[ citation needed ] The area is about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) away from Motijheel.
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