CUMILLA, Jan 7, 2021 (BSS) – A total of 193 distressed, homeless families of 17 upazilas of the district are going to get brick-built houses as a gift from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on the occasion of the ‘Mujib Borsho’.
On behalf of Ashrayan Project-2 of the Prime Minister’s Office, the Department of Disaster Management (DDM) has been constructing the houses, said Laksam Upazila Project Implementation Officer Debesh Chandra Das.
Main thrust of the initiative is to improve the standard of living ensuring basic needs of the landless, homeless and distress people.
The construction work of the houses has already been completed and the houses will be handed over to the beneficiaries by mid-January, the officer said.
The distressed people, who have at least one to ten decimals of land but no house, were given the brick-built houses as gifts of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, he added.