The walkway on the Dhanmondi Lake parallel to road No. 10 ends along the Mirpur Road as the lake ends there. The fence, separating the walkway from the footpath, along Mirpur Road makes it useless. People coming into Dhanmondi R.A. from the East end of the lake cannot use the path and vice versa. The pathway staring from the bridge (Road U 8 Bridge) on

the lake at the juncture of roads 8, 10 and 7 after an interruption by Panshi begins again from just beside eastern wall of Panshi Restaurant and continues to the east end. Since the pathway between Panshi and Mirpur Road is artificially separated from the pathway scheme on the lake, fitness lovers do not use this portion of the pathway and people coming into Dhanmondi cannot use this because of the fence. However, it has been observed that the fence is repeatedly trampled and broken by passers-by that seek and need an access through this pathway. Disuse encourages undesirable elements to occupy the space and dirt piles up making it further unusable. The artificially divided pathway can be integrated into the pathway scheme easily by a fewyards of connecting path through behind Panshi making it useable.

At present people come past Panshi into the park and onto the pathway or enter the park passing Road # 8 bridge. It is troublesome, irritating and time consuming because of the traffic on Road # 10. A facility is wasted for nothing. To make the most out of it and to keep it clean, secure and worthy of fitness-lovers, a passage should be allowed to Mirpur Road. Withan outlet to Mirpur Road, fitness-lovers and other passers-by can easily use the pathway to and from Mirpur end, the fence remains intact and no further money is lost in repair works. Otherwise, the walkway built with public money becomes worthless.

Mir Mahboob Ali

Freelance Consultant