♿[RECAP]Accessible Bangladesh, Part 10: Accessibility Knowledge Sharing

MukulR · October 9, 2021, 6:07pm

Mawa Ghat (river port) is an important ferry ghat in Bangladesh. Very recently it has become an attractive tourist spot for the Padma Bridge. Every day, thousands of people come here to go to the south and south-west of Bangladesh. Similarly, they use this ghat to come to Dhaka. By considering these, I hosted my 10th meet-up here to check and update the Accessibility features of this busy area as well there was an extensive discussion session on accessibility status in Bangladesh. in this meet-up @AbdullahAM and @KamalHossenR joined me to be a part of my 10th meet-up on Accessibility.

Look at our speedometer, it 86Kmh!!

As settled before, I and @AbdullahAM started at 9 am from Dhaka and @KamalHossenR started at 6 am from Barishal. AbdullahAM took his motorcycle to the venue from Dhaka. We reached our venue at 10 am and KamalhossenR joined us timely at 11 am. After greetings, we started our meet-up.

Inside this Ghat (launch terminal) we were happy to see these kind of walkways those wheelchair-friendly. Though for the crowd they are a little tough to use by disabled people. Moreover, there are temporary shops, as the below photo, on both sides of them. They also act as obstacles to disabled people.

Unfortunately, including the main entrance as below, no entrance to the terminal is accessible. Disabled people must take help of other people to enter the terminal.

The main entrance to the terminal

We saw 3 public toilets, like the one in the below photo, in this launch terminal. None of them have a facility for disabled people. Conditions of other public toilets also not better than this one.

After checking the accessibility features for one hour we took preparation for our second session, that is discussion. In this meet-up, we gave priority to the discussion. We discussed many things on accessibility as well other issues related to google maps and local guides connect. We discussed our future plans on accessibility and small businesses.

it was very sunny and hot today. During lunch, we ate very simple items. Mashed potato, egg, dried fish, daal, and vegetable with rice were our lunch items today.

After completing the lunch we went to the bank of the mighty river, Padma. Under the burning sun, we got very tired and decided to end our meet-up at 1.50 pm. Before saying goodbye to KamalhossenR we took some photos. Then we entered the terminal together and said goodby to KamalhossenR.

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Accessibility Meet-up

TusharSuradkar · October 9, 2021, 7:18pm

First of all, let me congratulate you all on the brilliant red shirts with the logos - this looks stunning

Also nice to see @KamalHossenR joining you.

Sad to see that the main entrance is not accessible.

I love the scene of cobblers and vegetable vendors on way to the boarding point.

Superb recap and photos @MukulR

KamalHossenR · October 10, 2021, 12:42am

I would like to thank @MukulR Bhai for taking initiative and hosting a nice Meet-up on Accessibility and giving us the opportunity to participate there.

I am really happy to participate in the tenth Meet-up of the Accessible Bangladesh series. At the same time luckily met with @AbdullahAM .

Again thank you for sharing with nice recap.

I am very happy to know that you are happy to see me in Meet-up of Mukul Bhai. Dear @TusharSuradkar Thank you so much for mentioning me.

Caption: A group selfie after the discussion session.

I hope @PritishB dada Must like this RECAP.

abedin2020 · October 10, 2021, 5:12am

Very informative and helpful post .this is 10 episode hopefully to be continue 100 episode

AbdullahAM · October 10, 2021, 6:28am

It was a pleasant moment with you guys in the meet-up @MukulR

After a long travel we attend the event and enjoy passing my time.

I would like to thank you to @KamalHossenR vai to attend the meet-up form Barishal; it’s a far away from the meet-up place.

Hope to see you all again next time.

TravelerProdipta · October 10, 2021, 4:38pm

Hi @MukulR I would like to thanks for the awesome RECAP post.

MukulR · October 10, 2021, 5:44pm

Thanks a lot for your encouragement. Thanks for liking the tee. I will bring one for you when I will go to India @TusharSuradkar .

Bangladesh government has added accessibility facilities to other bus terminals, river ports, and railway stations. But this one seems different to me and I guess a reason behind this. From next year, the Padma Bridge will be opened for public transports and this port will be closed then. I think for this reason this one has fewer accessibility features.

@KamalHossenR traveled 4 hours from Barishal to come and join this meet-up. And it took him more time to return to Barishal. He and @AbdullahAM made my 10th meet-up memorable to me.

MukulR · October 10, 2021, 5:52pm

I know very well how hard it was for you to come and join this meet-up from Barishal @KamalHossenR . I am grateful to you that you could have managed well to come timely to Mawa Ghat. Thanks a lot for joining us and making my 10th meet-up a successful one on a very hot sunny day.

Sophia_Cambodia · October 11, 2021, 1:11am

Love the first & last photo of 3 favorite LGs @MukulR @AbdullahAM @KamalHossenR jealous of you for the chances to meet-up physically

Well done!

MukulR · October 11, 2021, 7:55am

Thanks a lot for your good wishes @abedin2020 . I have also a plan to continue this accessibility series meet-up as far as I can go. Thanks a lot for your encouragement and inspiration.

MukulR · October 11, 2021, 10:06am

Thanks a lot for your nice comments @AbdullahAM Bhai. I enjoyed the thrilling motorcycle ride with you to the meet-up venue though sometimes I became scared with the speed of your bike. Thanks for that.

Yes, @KamalHossenR Bhai, should get special thanks as he came from Barishal with a bus journey of long 4-5 hours. Really, he did a great job to make this meet-up a successful one. I strongly hope to meet with you all again someday in the near future. Thanks

Mohammadalauddin · October 12, 2021, 6:57am

WOW!!!

Excellent Meetup Out of Dhaka Station. Mawa Ghat on the banks of the river Padma is one of my favorite places. I often go to this place when I am upset.

Write post very good.
Accessible information update.
Cheeked the facilities.
The red T-shirt is much better.

Hello @MukulR my dear. How are you?

I wanted to join this meetup. But I could not join due to family reasons. Thank you so much @AbdullahAM and @KamalHossenR join a meetup.

MukulR · October 12, 2021, 3:52pm

I am very much glad that you like this recap @TravelerProdipta . Thanks a lot for your nice comments and encouragement. Stay safe.

MukulR · October 13, 2021, 5:03am

I am very much glad to know that you like the photos (2 photos) used in this recap @Sophia_Cambodia . Yes, it was amazingly a nice and enjoyable meet-up. For the first time, we 3 met together in a single meet-up. Thanks a lot for your nice comments.

Sophia_Cambodia · October 13, 2021, 5:51am

You are welcome and well done @MukulR

ShahriarAzadEvan · October 13, 2021, 7:36am

অভিনন্দন @MukulR । কাজ চালিয়ে যান

SholaIB · October 13, 2021, 8:22am

Hello @MukulR

I’ll like to say a big congratulations to you for these various accessibility meet-ups you are embarking upon. You have been constantly on this, thank you for being quite considerate of those who have special needs and are depending on others to help them out.

I see the vendors of vegetables neatly arranged just like here in west Africa,the parks and walk ways also serve as little shops and markets for stuff, good to see that in Bangladesh

Like @TusharSuradkar I love your outfit and signs it’s very cute. The 3 of you make a very good team @KamalHossenR and @AbdullahAM Well-done kudos for a successful meet-up.

All the best to the 3 of you. Thank you for the recap.

Cheers

MukulR · October 13, 2021, 3:52pm

@Mohammadalauddin I expected you in this meet-up. But as you were too busy, nothing to do. We really missed u a lot. Anyway, I hope to meet u in the future.

@ShahriarAzadEvan Thanks a lot for your nice comments and encouragement.

marcorp · October 13, 2021, 6:11pm

@MukulR wow! put simply: Amazing what you guys have done so far! Keep it up!

MukulR · October 14, 2021, 4:44am

Thanks a lot for your kind words @SholaIB . I am glad that you like this post and my work on accessibility. Disabled people deserve us to support them. We should work for them as much as possible.

Various kinds of vendors are visible in public places like bus stands, railway stations, and river ports. This is a common scenario in the countries of South Asia. In a sense, they are also helpful to us as we can buy goods from them at lower prices.

Thanks for liking the tee shirt.