Dhaka, Aug. 25 -- For years, the Turag has been paying the price for Dhaka's relentless urban expansion- its banks squeezed by encroachment, its water contaminated by industrial waste and its natural flow disrupted by land filling.

Now, the government is betting Tk 567.04 crore including a major World Bank loan, on a broad effort to restore the river and Goran Chatbari Retention Pond Area (GRPA), while easing drainage pressure on some of the capital's most densely populated northern neighbourhoods.

Metro Dhaka Project (Goran Chatbari Retention Pond and Turag River Protection and Conservation Project, Phase-I) has been prepared by the Ministry of Water Resources is scheduled to be implemented by December 2028 in Dhaka North City Corporat...