Hasina virtually distributed pucca houses to some 66,189 landless and homeless families under the project as a gift from her government in Mujib Borsho, marking the birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the Father of the Nation.
Apart from the pucca houses, the poor families got ownership papers of two decimal land parcels from the Prime Minister, who launched the distribution process virtually from her official residence Ganobhaban. All the houses have been constructed on Khas land.
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The government has constructed 66,189 houses at a total cost of Tk 1,168 crore. Each unit has two rooms, a kitchen, a toilet, and a veranda, constructed at a cost of Tk 1.75 lakh.
Another 100,000 houses will be distributed among the poor next month.
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Besides the Ashrayan Project, the PMO will rehabilitate 3,715 homeless families in 743 barracks in 44 villages across 36 Upazilas of 21 districts during the Mujib Borsho.
The PMO prepared a list of 885,622 families in 2020, of which 293,361 are landless and homeless, while 592,261 have just 1-10 decimal land parcels but no housing facility.
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The Ashrayan Home Distribution Project rehabilitated some 320,058 landless and homeless families between 1997 and December 2020.
On the other hand, the Ashran-2 project (July 2010-June 2022) aims to rehabilitate 250,000 more landless, homeless, and displaced families, at a cost of Tk 4,840.28 crore. It has so far rehabilitated 192,277 poor families across the country.
A total of 48,500 landless and homeless families have been rehabilitated in barracks while 143,777 having own land (1-10 decimals but unable to construct houses) in semi-barracks, corrugated iron-sheet barracks, and specially designed houses.
The government is arranging accommodation for the homeless and also the landless families under the Ashrayan-2 home distribution project, a housing project run by the PMO. The government has enlisted 293,361 homeless and also landless families as well as 592,261 homeless families throughout the country.
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The Prime Minister joined the inauguration program virtually from her official residence Ganobhaban and got connected with 492 Upazilas across the country.