Ministry of Public Works is taking housing project for low income people
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The Ministry of Housing and Public Works has taken the initiative to take up housing projects for the low-income people, especially the slum dwellers, in various cities across the country, including the capital Dhaka.
For this purpose, a meeting was held on Monday (May 13) in the conference room of the Ministry of Housing and Public Works under the chairmanship of Public Works Minister R, A, M Ubaidul Moktadir Chowdhury. Secretary of the Ministry of Housing and Public Works at the meeting Nabirul Islam, Additional Secretary, Chairman of National Housing Authority Mostafizur Rahman, Chairman of RAJUK Major General (retd) Siddiqur Rahman and senior officials of the Ministry and various departments/organizations under it were present.
In accordance with the instructions of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the Minister of Public Works directed to prepare the necessary project proposal for the construction of rental-based flats for low-income people and send it to the ministry as soon as possible. In implementing the project, he suggested environmental protection, necessary forestation, preservation of open space, setting up of playgrounds, sewage treatment plants, maximum use of solar energy, use of eco-friendly block bricks instead of terracotta bricks, provision of rainwater harvesting, maximum use of surface water.
Initially, he directed to implement the proposal under the National Housing Authority to construct 12600 flats in 100 multi-storied buildings in three phases in Dattapara of Tongi at the earliest. Feasibility study of this project has already been completed. In the first phase of the project, 2 thousand 142 residential flats will be constructed in 17 15-storey buildings. The proposal for construction of 5922 flats in 47 buildings in the 2nd phase and 5436 flats in 36 buildings in the third phase is under process.
The Minister directed the RAJUK and Public Works Department to take up projects for construction of flats for low-income people in Karail slums and T&T Colony slums of the capital through separate projects. He gave verbal instructions to the chief architect to take necessary measures to prepare a uniform design for these flats of 750 square feet gross area.
In addition to the capital Dhaka, such projects will be taken up in phases in other cities of the country as per the requirement.
Note that 10 acres of land has been earmarked for the housing of low-income people in the Uttara Housing Project (third phase) under implementation by the RAJUK. The minister directed to prepare project proposals for the construction of flats for the housing of low-income people on the said land as soon as possible. He said that in addition to own financing for the implementation of the project, financing from various development aid organizations will also be accepted if possible.
Meanwhile, the National Housing Authority of Mirpur in the capital has constructed 533 rent-based flats for the slum dwellers. They are living comfortably in these flats. Apart from this, the landless slum dwellers affected by the river erosion of the districts have been rehabilitated through the project titled "Improved Living System of Low Income People" of the National Housing Authority in Kobdas Para of Sirajganj. The minister suggested using the experience of these projects in taking up the next project. Along with that, he suggested positive publicity about these philanthropic activities of the government.
