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Govt plans to give Shahbagh-DMCH a new look: PM

Nat'l museum, public library, TSC to be built anew

Bss, Dhaka
The entire area from the capital's Shahbagh to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) is going to get an aesthetic look, as the government plans to construct major buildings and structures there in eyecatching designs.
"The four large structures - the National Museum, Public Library, Teacher-Student Centre (TSC) of Dhaka University and the Dhaka Medical College Hospital - will be constructed anew soon to give the area a different look," Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Thursday night.
The premier disclosed the government's decision when a delegation of Bangladesh Chhatra League called on her at her official Gono Bhaban residence, PM's Deputy Press Secretary Hasan Jahid Tusher said.
About development of TSC, the prime minister said there were only 4,000-5,000 students at the university when the TSC was constructed in the 1960s. But the number of students and teachers is now over 40,000,
which requires a larger space and facilities.
Besides, she said, theTSC auditorium and cafeteria are decades-old establishments. Sheikh Hasina said the government will reconstruct it so that the TSC complex can accommodate huge number of teachers and students, and offices of various cultural and socio-political bodies.
"An international-standard auditorium will also be built in the TSC," she said, adding that a plan has already been prepared to develop the TSC complex.
About the National Public Library, Hasina said it will be made very eyecatching one, maintaining international standard in the construction of its structure.
"The public library will be doubled in size to accommodate the large number of readers and researchers. Those who will go there can also enjoy the aesthetic beauty of the library complex," she said.
Centering the pond, she added, the area will be turn into a beautiful place for the readers to pass their leisure time.
Regarding the national museum, Sheikh Hasina mentioned that the plan and design on the museum have already been prepared to construct it afresh by giving a spectacular look.
About DMCH, the prime minister said the hospital will be reconstructed so that it can provide services to 4,000-5,000 patients at a time.
"The DMCH will be developed with modern service facilities and medical equipment," she said.
Sheikh Hasina said the metro rail will be made soundproof in Shahbagh-TSC-Doel Chattar area, for the sake of maintaining a congenial academic atmosphere on the DU campus. She said students of the university have nothing to be worried, as the metro rail will not hamper the environment of their education.
Referring to protest of a section of the students against the construction of metro rail route and its station on the DU campus, the premier said she herself set the metro rail route considering the welfare of the people from all classes.
Sheikh Hasina said she decided the Shahbagh-TSC-Doel Chattar route for the metro rail considering the wellbeing of the students and patients alongside the common people.
Sheikh Hasina said a large international-standard platform will be constructed in TSC area considering the movement of huge number of students. "We will also construct a large underpass in front of the Bangla Academy considering movement of the students and the Ekushey Book Fair," she said.
The premier said the construction work of the metro rail or Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) is going on in full swing and DU students will be one of the top beneficiaries of it.
Sheikh Hasina said the entire Dhaka city will be brought under the metro rail network by constructing underground rail (tube) and elevated rail at various places.
She said the government will also construct elevated ring road surrounding the Dhaka city to facilitate movement of the city dwellers.