As a part of my Accessibility goals in 2022, I hosted a meet-up on 8th January 2022 in Mirpur 11 Bus Stand area. This is one of the busiest areas in Dhaka City. From this point, you can move in every direction inside or outside of Dhaka. It has become a transit hub in Dhaka. There are many commercial buildings, shopping malls, hospitals, and other POIs here. In this meet-up Accessibility Champion @AbdullahAM joined me from the beginning, after some time another prominent local guide of Bangladesh @Designer_Biswajit joined us who was followed by @Atikhadi91.
This type of Tactile footpath is available everywhere in Mirpur 11 Bus stand area.
During this meet-up we checked the below points:
We checked Wheelchair Accessible parking and entrance.
We checked the Wheelchair Accessible ramps (if any).
We checked the availability of wheelchair-accessible toilets/restrooms there
We checked the other accessibility features found there.
A discussion session was also there on the importance of Accessibility during the entire meet-up.
This convention center is situated inside a government building. We checked very carefully and unfortunately, did not find any ramp or other accessibility features.
This photo was taken by LG Designer_biswajit
At the end of this meet-up, we ate some Pitha (traditional Cake) in Guddu Mamar Pitha Shop, and later we took tea in Rabbani Hotel. During this time we discussed our future plans about accessibility in Bangladesh. We also discussed our activities as a local guide.
You’re doing great job with accessibility, it’s really deserving of praise. I am very happy to be a part of your good work. Hope you continue this trend.
Anyway, thank you very much for gifting me a beautiful t-shirt of ‘Accessible Bangladesh’.
Nice to meet you after a long time. Although we haven’t met, but I know you’re also doing great works, especially with ‘small business’. I hope you also continue this trend.
Well done, you three are well known within the community and get full respect from me for what you have done for the community @MukulR@Designer_Biswajit@AbdullahAM I wish you well and all the best
Thanks a lot for your appreciation, Dear @TusharSuradkar Dada. I am very much glad that you like this recap. As you guessed, yes, Rabbani Hotel (actually a restaurant) is really very much popular and busy. It is very tough to get a seat there from the afternoon to 10 pm. You may not easily get a seat to take a cup of nice tea there. Whenever I went there I took my tea outside standing . Though I enjoyed it a lot taking tea outside. Other foods are also popular here.
I am very much glad to get you in my meet-up @AbdullahAM Bhai. Both you and @Designer_Biswajit made this meet-up a successful one. Thanks for your nice cooperation. Stay safe.
Thanks a lot for joining us in this meet-up @Designer_Biswajit . You helped us a lot to make this accessibility meet-up a successful one. I hope the tee fits you nicely. Thanks for sharing the beautiful photo of you with the Accessible Bangladesh t-shirt. Hope to meet you soon in any of my upcoming accessibility meet-ups. Stay safe.
a must-have drink after an engaging meetup.
. Though I enjoyed it a lot taking tea outside. Other foods are also popular here.