BSS-04 1478 houses for Jamalpur homeless people

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HOMELESS-REHABILITATION-JAMALPUR

1478 houses for Jamalpur homeless people

JAMALPUR, January 22, 2021 (BSS) – Aiming to rehabilitate homeless people to mark the Mujib Year 1478 houses will be handed over to the homeless people in the district.
Deputy Commissioner Md Enamul Haque said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the programme of handing over the houses to the homeless people on January 23 from the Gano Bhaban.

He said construction work of 1120 houses out of 1478 houses has been completed. He said rest of the work will be completed soon.

A total of 172 houses will be given in Dewanganj Upazila while 88 houses in Islampur, 400 houses in Jamalpur Sadar, 121 houses in Madarganj, 260 houses in Melandah, 295 houses in Sarishabari and 142 houses in Bakshiganj Upazila.

District Relief and Rehabilitation Office sources said under the shelter project of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina a total of 1478 houses are being constructed to rehabilitate landless and homeless people in the district. Disaster Management and Relief Ministry has allotted Tk 25 crore 27 lakh 38 thousand for implementation of the shelter project.

Earlier each of the 1478 landless and homeless families got two decimals of Khas land for construction of the houses. After allotment of land each semi-brick building with corrugated iron sheet roof house is being constructed at a cost of Tk 171000.

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