Rajshahi Development Authority (Bengali: রাজশাহী উন্নয়ন কর্তৃপক্ষ) is a Bangladesh government development authority under the Ministry of Housing and Public Works responsible for the development of Rajshahi City, Bangladesh. Md. Anwar Hussain [1] is the current Chairperson of the Rajshahi Development Authority.[2]
History
Established in 1825, Rajshahi became a town in 1876. In 1876 Rajshahi Pourashava was established and it was upgraded as Rajshahi City Corporation in 1987. With the demand of time, a medical college, engineering and other universities, Radio Centre, airport and many other important establishment were founded in the city. As a result, in many ways importance of the city increased and the city grew in an unplanned way. Therefore, to ensure the city growth and development in a planned and sustainable way, Rajshahi Town Development Authority was established in October 1976 by Ordinance no. 78.[3] The authority announced a Master Plan in 2015 for Rajshahi City covering the next 20 years.[4] In 2019, Rajshahi Development Authority announced 11 development projects with a combined budget of 107 billion taka.[5]
References
- ^ "Officer List". Rajshahi Development Authority. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
- ^ "RDA plans Tk 850cr uplift projects in Rajshahi". theindependentbd.com. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ^ "Rajshahi". Rajshahi Development Authority. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ^ "Rajshahi Dev Authority formulates 20-year master plan". The Daily Star. 11 October 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ^ "Tk 1,077cr dev projects for Rajshahi residents". The Daily Star. 7 January 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.