Agra Bad

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Agrabad –Chittagong

Southeastern coastal region Bangladesh

Anilkumar P M

Jestin John

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IntroductionLocated• Downtown commercial and financial

district in Chittagong, Bangladesh

Located• Close to the city's harbour,

(Karnaphuli )• It hosts numerous Bangladeshi and

international businesses, • Banks,• Financial institutions• The Chittagong Stock Exchange

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Introduction• Directly connected to the Port of Chittagong.

• O R Nizam Road and Sheikh

Mujib Road • Area was originally a village which was incorporated into the city in 1947

• The modern financial district developed during the 1950s.

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Commercial activitiesLargest companies and multinational firms, have their headquarters or branches.

Some Islamic commercial banks also located at Agrabad

The World Trade Center Chittagong (WTC Chittagong)

Major foreign commercial banks located in Agrabad

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Introduction• Chittagong city has a population of 4 million, male

54.36% and female 45.64%.

•  Most of the old and new buildings of the city are built on top of low hills and hillocks and also along the valleys and plains.

• Bangladesh's busiest port which handles 80% of all Bangladeshi imports and exports

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• Ethnological Museum of Chittagong

1. The Ethnological Museum of Chittagong located in Agrabad (in 1965)

2. It is the only ethnological museum in the country.

3. It offers the visitors the chance to acquaint with the lifestyles and heritage of various ethnic groups of the country.

• Karnaphuli Shishu Park

1. Karnaphuli Shishu Park is located in Jamburi Field near the Bangladesh Bank Colony.

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3%Commercial Activity Community ServiceEducation & Research Manufac-turingand ProcessingMiscallaneousMixed Use Residential Service Activity

Land use characteristics

http://waset.org/publications/9999005/determination-of-level-of-service-of-agrabad-to-cepz-road-at-chittagong-in-

bangladesh

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EconomyOne of the largest and most rapidly growing economies Export hub of Bangladesh

Grosses more than $20 Billion from export;Accounting for 45% of Bangladesh's National export

In 2014, Chittagong's Gross state product is $41.45 Billion in Nominal terms

four times as much as Nepal and equivalent to Myanmar.per capita income is $5,719

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1.Sewage2.Electricity3.Law and order4.Recreation5.Slumps and Squatters6. Water supply7. Sanitation8. Employment

Sources: http://scialert.net/fulltext/?doi=tasr.2006.248.258&org=10#t7

Environmental Problems

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Development plan by gov.• Water Logging• Ponds and Water bodies• Open space and Play Ground• Slum Population• Earthquake Risk• Cyclone-prone area• Land use:

Residential : 70% - temporary houses

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Traffic Considerations

• Airways, Railways, Roadways and water ways

• Chittagong port city which encompasses a huge number of vehicles every day.

• It has many junctions which distribute traffic flow in different roads.

• In these junctions vehicles gather at some conflict point to create traffic jam

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Traffic

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Organisations

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