Matuail is located in Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), Ward no. 62(part), 63, 64, 65 & 66(part), Dhaka Division, Bangladesh.

History

Matuail lies within the Dhaka-Narayanganj-Demra Irrigation Project (DND) area. The project, started in 1962 and completed in 1968, was meant to transform the floodplain of three rivers: the Buriganga, Balu, and Shitalakshya, into an agricultural

polder A polder () is a low-lying tract of land that forms an artificial hydrology, hydrological entity, enclosed by embankments known as levee, dikes. The three types of polder are: # Land reclamation, Land reclaimed from a body of water, such as a ...

protected by embankments against flooding and drained or irrigated by a pumping station. Unplanned urbanization and industrialization took off within the DND in 1988 after the

Dhaka–Chittagong Highway The N1 or Dhaka–Chittagong Highway is the main transportation artery of Bangladesh, connecting the capital city of Dhaka and the southern port city of Chittagong. Approximately in length, the highway starts at Jatrabari Thana, Jatrabari in Dh ...

was completed. By 2005, waterlogging had become a perennial problem there, caused by the lack of a sewage system, encroachment on drainage canals, and inadequate pumping facilities. Matuail became part of

Dhaka South City Corporation Dhaka South City Corporation (), is a local governing body that manages all civic services in the southern part of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. The DSCC government is elected by popular vote every five years. It is headed by a mayor, who p ...

in 2016 when Dhaka was expanded to include 16 largely rural

union parishad Union council (), also known as union parishad, rural council, rural union and simply union, is the smallest rural administrative and local government unit in Bangladesh, with zila parishads (district councils) being the largest rural authori ...

s mostly to the east. This increased the pace of urban sprawl. Over the years, numerous projects to address the area's chronic drainage problems have been announced, but as of 2023 they remain unresolved.

Geography

It is located on the north side of the

and on the south side of the Dhaka-Sylhet (Old Dhaka-Demra) Highway. Its area is . The area is about away from

Motijheel Motijheel () is a central business district and a thana of Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is Dhaka's primary central business district, and also the nation's largest commercial and financial hub. Motijheel, located immediately adjacent to Dhaka's zero ...

Education

There are two colleges in Matuail: Matuail Haji Abdul Latib Bhuiyan College, founded in 1994, and Dr. Mahbubur Rahman Mollah College (2009). The former is the only honors level one. Secondary schools include Shamsul Hoque Khan School and College, founded in 1989, Rafiqul Islam School and College (2014), Matuail Bahumukhi High School (1969),

Matuail Adarsha High School Matuail Adarsha High School is an academic institution in West Matuail, Jatrabari Thana of Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was established in 1985. It is a kindergarten and a higher secondary school A secondary school, high school, or senior school, i ...

(1985), and Matuail Girls High School (2007).

References

Neighbourhoods in Dhaka {{Dhaka-geo-stub