State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Dr. Md. Enamur Rahman, MP, has said the present government is constructing and providing disaster resilient houses to homeless people across the country.
“Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina loves the country with highest degree of patriotism and works relentlessly for ensuring welfare of the poor and distressed people through providing houses and assistance to make them self-reliant,” he said.
Enamur said this on Monday while visiting the recently distributed 28 new brick-built disaster-resilient houses among 28 homeless families in village Gokulpur Chakhawatari under Haridebpur union of Sadar upazila in Rangpur district.
The State Minister said there will be no homeless people across the country and none will remain without shelter in the near future as the ongoing program of Prime Minister Sheikh continues successfully. Enamur said the present government is constructing disaster resilient houses and distributing those among the poor, distressed and homeless people aiming at building a disaster-resilient Bangladesh. He visited the handed over new brick-built house of beneficiary Mahbubur Rahman in the village and expressed satisfaction over the quality of construction works and facilities available there. He said more 80 similar disaster resilient houses will be built in Sadar upazila of Rangpur for distribution among the homeless and distressed families.
Earlier on October 13, the 28 brick-built new houses were handed over to beneficiary families of Haridebpur union like in other areas of the country when Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the process through videoconferencing from the Ganabhaban.
Deputy Commissioner Md. Asib Ahsan, District Relief and Rehabilitation Officer (DRRO) ATM Akhteruzzaman, Additional Police Super Maruf Hossain, Sadar Upazila Chairman Nasima Zaman Boby, Sadar Upazila Executive Officer Ishraat Sadiya Sumi, Haridebpur Union Chairman Iqbal Hossain, Sadar Upazila Project Officer Abdul Matin, local politicians and elite were present. Talking to media, DRRO Akhteruzzaman said the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief implemented construction works of the 28 houses involving Taka 72-lakh with over Taka 2.58-lakh for each under the ‘KABITA’ and Test Relief special programs.
The disaster-tolerant houses were constructed on three decimals of land of the house-owner under supervision of the Upazila Nirbahi Officer, Upazila Project Implementation Officer and the local union parishad chairman.
“Each of the brick-built two-room houses with 10-feet in length and 10-feet in breadth have one kitchen, wooden doors and windows, sophisticated coloured tin-shed canopies and a hygienic sanitary latrine,” the DRRO added.
