Dhaka, May 5 -- There is no way to transform Dhaka into a modern and planned city at this point, urban planners have said, stressing an urgent need for preventing its total collapse by adopting a comprehensive master plan.

However, they have urged appropriation of urban planners in the government's infrastructure as well as overall development planning to prevent out of hand cases like Dhaka.

The call came from the planning dialogue titled "Warming of Dhaka: Urban Planning and Development Management, Responsibilities and Required Actions" organised by the Bangladesh Institute of Planners (BIP) at its head office in the capital on Saturday.

Addressing the function, BIP President Prof Dr Adil Mohammed Khan said that greenery has reduced ...