Provision of Utility Services and Community Facilities in Pourashava

Savar Pourashava, a satellite town is located on the north-west corner of the Dhaka district. With the increase of industrialization, the transportation sector also starts to improve in this area. The industrial development also creates job opportunities. So, job opportunities; good transport system with Dhaka city; low land price and house rent; and pollution free environment attracts people to live. With the increasing population, the demand for different utility services and community facilities are also increasing here. At present in Savar, there are provisions of different utility services and community facilities. But the existing provision of utility services and existing number of different community facilities are not well enough to meet the present demand of the municipal dwellers. To increase the capacity of the Pourashava to provide adequate utility services and community facilities and improve the quality of existing utility services and community facilities, there needs to address the problems and ensure the utilization of local resources through an effective integration in all level of infrastructure provision in a planned way.

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Sharbari Ahamed is an Urban and Regional Planner. She completed her graduation and post-graduation degree from Dept. of Urban and Regional Planning,Jahangirnagar University. She has experience to work as researcher in national and international organizations. She was born in 1985 at Jessore district of Bangladesh.