Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha

Capital Development Authority
Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK)
Agency overview
Formed 30 April 1987
Preceding agency
  • Dhaka Improvement Trust (DIT),1956
Superseding agency
Headquarters RAJUK Bhaban, Rajuk Avenue, Motijheel, Dhaka-1000
Minister responsible
  • , (etc.)
Agency executive
  • G.M. Jainal Abedin, Chairman
  • , (etc.)
Parent agency Government of Bangladesh
Website www.rajukdhaka.gov.bd

Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha, or RAJUK – literally the Capital Development Authority of the Government of Bangladesh – is a Bangladeshi public agency responsible for coordinating urban development in Dhaka, Bangladesh.[1] RAJUK is composed of various public officials, city planners, urban administrators, engineers, and architects.

It is the National Authoritative Board on building planning, estates and resources, plot allotment, and construction approvals from both public and private entities. It utilizes the Dhaka Improvement Trust (Allotment of Land) Rule of 1969 and The Town Improvement Act of 1953, both scribed since before the Independence of Bangladesh.


Activities

It carries out drives against building code violations in Dhaka City. This is challenging as policing of illegal development is limited.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Islam, Md Asraful. "Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha". Banglapedia. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "Rajuk mows down shops in parking garages". The Daily Star. Retrieved 18 January 2016.

Coordinates: 23°43′34″N 90°24′56″E / 23.72611°N 90.41556°E / 23.72611; 90.41556

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