Desk Report
Publish: 21 Jul 2022, 12:09 pm
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s home-to-everyone Ashrayan project || Photo: Collected
Panchagarh and Magura were on
Thursday officially declared as the country’s first two districts having no
landless and homeless people in a landmark achievement under Prime Minister
Sheikh Hasina’s home-to-everyone Ashrayan project.
The premier made the announcement
while distributing 26,229 houses among the landless families across the
country joining virtually from her official residence Ganabhaban.
“We are very much happy that all
upazilas of the two districts are now fully free from landless and homeless
people,” she said. “This success has been achieved due to our initiative.”
Apart from these, 43 other
upazilas of the country’s different districts also got the same status.
“This is a big achievement. I
hope that all districts and upazilas of Bangladesh will one day be free from
landless and homeless people,” Hasina said. “Every person in the country will
have a house and an address.”
In northern Panchagarh, the
government found 4,850 landless-and-homeless people and constructed abodes for
all of them, said Md Jahirul Islam, the district’s deputy commissioner.
In western Magura district houses
have been built for 678 families, official sources said.
Both the districts are
agro-based. Bangladesh has a total of 64 districts.
A total of 52 upazilas of
different districts, including all the nine upazilas of Panchagarh and Magura,
was also announced as having no landless and homeless families as part of the
government’s commitment made on the occasion of the Mujib Year to ensure
shelter for all the homeless in the country.
A total of 19,780 landless
families were rehabilitated in these 52 upazilas, officials involved with the
project said.
They said if anyone is found
landless in the two districts and 52 upazilas, the person will immediately be
given a house with land.
The local administration has
already been given an order in this regard.
The 52 upazilas are Nawabganj in
Dhaka; Madaripur Sadar; Damudya in Shariatpur; Katiadi in Kishoreganj; Gopalpur
in Tangail; Ghior and Saturia in Manikganj; Kalukhali in Rajbari; Nagarkanda in
Faridpur; Madan in Netrokona; Bhaluka, Nandail, Phulpur and Fulbaria in
Mymensingh; Bakshiganj in Jamalpur; Patiya, Karnaphuli, Satkania and Lohagara
in Chattogram; Raipur and Ramganj in Laxmipur; Feni Sadar, Chhagalnaiya,
Fulgazi and Parshuram in Feni; Gobindaganj in Gaibandha; Atwari, Panchagarh
Sadar, Debiganj, Tetulia and Boda in Panchagarh; Nawabganj in Dinajpur;
Baliadangi in Thakurgaon; Dimla in Nilphamari; Raninagar in Naogaon; Panchbibi
in Joypurhat; Mohonpur, Charghat and Bagha in Rajshahi; Nandigram and
Dupchanchia in Bogura; Bagatipara in Natore; Ishwardi in Pabna; Shibganj in
Chapainawabganj; Harinakundu in Jhenaidah; Tala in Satkhira; Magura Sadar,
Sreepur, Mohammadpur and Shalikha in Magura; Kathalia in Jhalakathi and
Dashmina in Patuakhali.
No one without land and home in
Panchagarh and Magura districts, declares PM Hasina
Some 67,800 houses are being provided
among landless and homeless families in the third phase of Ashrayan-2, a
project of the PMO.
Of these, 32,904 houses were
handed over on April 26 last, 26,229 ones handed over on July 21 and the
construction of 8,667 other houses is still underway.
Earlier, 117,329 semi-pucca houses along with
two decimal lands were distributed among the homeless people in the country in
the first two phases on January 23, 2021 and June 20, 2021 on the occasion of
the Mujib Year marking the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Some Tk 4,029 crore were
allocated for Ashrayan houses in 2021-2022 fiscal year.
The government recovered some
5,512 acres of khas lands to construct houses for homeless people throughout
the country and approximate market value of these lands is Tk 2,967 crore.
Besides, the government procured
191.79 acres of lands at cost of Tk 134 crore for construction of houses under
the Ashrayan-2 project. And 8,462 landless families have so far been
rehabilitated on the procured lands.
The government will continue
implementing the Ashraya-2 project despite the global economic crisis as the
housing scheme is contributing to make the rural economy vibrant amid the
crisis, said the officials.
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