[Source]{https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatirjheel}
Hatirjheel is one of the most beautiful places in Dhaka.
[Source]{https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatirjheel}
#Area
Hatirjheel is located at the centre of the capital city, Dhaka. It has a latitude of 23.7495747 and a longitude of 90.3967635. In other words, the Hatirjheel has a coordinate of 23°44′58.47″N 90°23′48.35″E.[3] The area stretches from Sonargaon Hotel in the south to all the way to Banasree in the north.
Its founded by our honorable prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
The area was constructed under Bangladesh Army and the Special Works Organization (SWO).It is now a popular recreational spot for residents of Dhaka and is currently undergoing renovation.
Legend has it that the elephants of Dhaka's Pilkhana used to take baths in these wetlands – hence the name Hatirjheel. Architect Iqbal Habib, who heads the consultant firm of the Hatirjheel-Begunbari development project, said that the Bhawal Raja used to keep his tamed elephants at Pilkhana. He said that the elephants were taken to the wetlands through the Elephant Road and Hatirpool.
Building the entire site required 19.71 billion (19,710 million) taka and an area of 302 acres.[4] From this, 10.48 billion (10,480 million) taka was spent in acquiring the site itself. 46% of the area belongs to RAJUK, which includes an area of 81 acres for a "court of walks", 141 acres for public lands and 1 acre for BTV. The project was first permitted in October 2007, and was said to be completed within three years (by June 2010). However, the construction began on December 2008, which took a further half year of time for expanding it. The total money in creating the project included the money of RAJUK (1,113.7 billion taka), LGED (2,760 million) and WASA (866.95 million)
[Source]{https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatirjheel}
Today I visit this place and i realize beauty of Hatirjheel.
