Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha

Capital Development Authority

Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK)
Agency overview
Formed	30 April 1987
Preceding Agency	Dhaka Improvement Trust (DIT),1956
Superseding agency	Development of Dhaka
Headquarters	RAJUK Bhaban, Rajuk Avenue, Motijheel, Dhaka-1000
Agency executive	G.M. Jainal Abedin, Chairman
Parent agency	Government of Bangladesh
Website	www.rajukdhaka.gov.bd

Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha, or RAJUK – literally the Capital Development Authority of the Government of Bangladesh – is a Bangladeshi public agency responsible for coordinating urban development in Dhaka, Bangladesh.^[1] RAJUK is composed of various public officials, city planners, urban administrators, engineers and architects.

It is the National Authoritative Board on building planning, estates and resources, plot allotment and construction approvals from both public and private entities. It utilizes the Dhaka Improvement Trust (Allotment of Land) Rule of 1969 and The Town Improvement Act of 1953, both scribed since before the Independence of Bangladesh.

A sample of RAJUK projects include:^[2]

• Badda Rehabilitation Area
• Banani Residential Model Town, including commercial building
• Baridhara Residential Model Town
• Dattapara Resettlement Area
• Commercial building in Dilkusha
• Gandria Rehabilitation Area
• Gulshan Residential Model Town, including commercial building
• Jurain Rehabilitation Area
• Karwan Bazar Rehabilitation Area and Commercial Area
• Officers housing area in the Malibag section of Dhaka
• Commercial building in Mohakhali
• Multiple commercial buildings in Narayangonj
• Nikunja-1 Residential Area and Nikunja-2 (Joarshahara) Rehabilitation Area
• Pstagola Industrial Estate
• Shyampur Rehabilitation Area
• Tongi Industrial Estate
• Uttara Residential Model Town, in Phase 1, Phase 2, and Phase 3

References

External links

• Official Government Website

Coordinates: 23°43′34″N 90°24′56″E / 23.72611°N 90.41556°E / 23.72611; 90.41556