Dhaka, Nov. 23 -- Environmental, Forest and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Sunday urged fundamental reforms in Dhaka's urban development, warning that excessive concrete-based expansion has made the capital unsafe and poorly managed.

"Year after year, we discuss the problems, but we do not take courageous steps towards solutions. Our thinking must change because the old framework no longer works," she said.

She was speaking at the fourth seminar of the 'Project for Development of Policy and Guidelines for Transit-Oriented Development along Mass Transit Corridors' held at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre, with technical support from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

The adviser stressed t...