The government is going to construct 68,038 houses for poor villagers and 5,000 bridges in the remote areas across the country to mark the celebration of the ‘Mujib Barsho’, said sources in the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief Affairs.
The process of the construction of the new houses and bridges in the remote areas across the country will be completed before March 17 next year. Besides, all those 5,000 bridges will be inaugurated before March 17 in 2021 and 68,038 houses will also be handed over to the poor villagers, the sources confirmed.
Officials of the ministry said these projects have been taken on the occasion of the celebration of the birth centenary of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on March 17 this year as well as the ‘Mujib Barsho’ starting on March 17.
They also said that apart from those 68,038 houses and 5,000 bridges, a total of 200 forts will be constructed in the disaster prone areas and those will be named as ‘Mujib Fort’.
Sources said, centring the celebration of the ‘Mujib Barsho’ the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief Affairs has formed a committee led by its state minister Dr. Enamur Rahman. In addition, 23 separate committees have also been formed by the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief Affairs to implement all those projects smoothly. The ministry sources said, each house for the poor villagers will cost Tk 2,99,860.
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Dr Enamur Rahman, State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Affairs, said, “Centring the celebration of the Mujib Barshho, a poor family in each of the 68,038 villages across the country will get a house free of cost. Construction of all the houses will be completed before the month of March in 2021.”
“The total cost of the project has been fixed at Tk 40,18,74,680,” the state minister said further that another project for the construction of more 50,000 houses has also been undertaken.
Ministry sources also said that as part of the celebration of the ‘Mujib Barsho’, the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief Affairs has also planned many other projects.
Among them, a project named ‘Parichchhanna Gram, ParichchhannaShohor’ has been taken up for cleaning all the roads, drains and bazaars. As many as 9,67,000 cleaners will be engaged for the purpose.
It should be mentioned that the birth centenary of Bangabandhu is going to be celebrated on March 17 this year across the country and also worldwide. Besides, centring the celebration of the birth centenary of Bangabandhu, the government has announced the tenure from March 17, 2020 to March 17, 2021 as the ‘Mujib Barsho’.
