Fairlie House: Good site for a park
There are far too few parks in Dhaka and, thanks to unplanned growth over the years, the city has literally turned into a concrete jungle. In my opinion, the Fairlie House, located between Bangla Motors and Paribag, can be converted into a park without any problem. The house, owned by BIWTC, is unoccupied, has a large area in front with lots of trees. By replacing the front wall with a nice iron grille and constructing proper high boundary fence on the north, west, and south side, this place can be given a beautiful face lift. The bungalow type house which is in a dilapidated condition should be demolished. Conversion of this place is not irreversible and can be used for any other purpose the government might have planned. I draw the attention of the PMO and the Dhaka city Mayor to consider this proposal seriously.
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