BSS:
The government will construct 30,000 Bir- Nibash throughout the country as part of providing housing facilities for all insolvent freedom fighters.
“Marking the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the golden jubilee of Independence, the government is going to construct those one-storey houses,” according to a official release here on Sunday.
Earlier, 14,000 houses were approved for the freedom fighters, but later the government decided to build 30,000 Bir-Nibash which is being constructed at a cost of Taka 13.43 lakh for each house.
Liberation Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Huq has given directives to the concerned authority to maintain quality in construction of those accommodations.
“A total of 30,000 Bir-Nibash will be constructed throughout the country for the insolvent veteran freedom fighters as the gift from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina,” he said while inaugurating a training workshop for the field level officials of the Bir-Nibash construction project here on Sunday.
