The government will construct 8,000 flats across the country for insolvent freedom fighters, Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque on Tuesday said.
“The Liberation War Affairs Ministry has undertaken a project for constructing 8,000 flats having 982 square feet each of the flat for insolvent freedom fighters across the country,” he said in reply to a starred question from treasury bench member Selina Begum (Reserved Seat-6) in the house.
The minister said if the project is being approved then five storied building would be built in every district/upazila in the country for insolvent freedom fighters aimed at providing housing facility.
He said the present government has taken a scheme titled “The construction of houses for landless and insolvent freedom fighters,” for improving the living standard of the landless and insolvent freedom fighters, adding, “The project would be implemented at a cost of Taka 271.12 crore, for constructing each flat having 500 square feet with latrine and water supply facility.”
Mozammel informed the House that the housing project is being implemented in every upazila and a target has been set to build a total of 2,971 houses under the scheme.
