Dhaka, June 18 -- As most of the high-rise buildings, residential plots and apartments in the city and its surrounding areas have been developed without proper traffic circulation, an acceptable guideline in this regard has been drafted for use in planning stage by the stakeholders.

The draft traffic circulation guideline was shared during a workshop at the Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority (DTCA) auditorium in the capital on Tuesday with its Executive Director (ED) Nilima Akhter in the chair.

Syed Mahfuz Ul Islam, Deputy Architect and Urban Planner of the DTCA, presented the keynote paper in the workshop. He highlighted its important features to ensure proper and controlled trip generation against planning new high-rise buildings,...