Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today announced more seven districts and 159 upazilas across the country as homeless and landless free while handing over 39365 more semi-pacca houses to the homeless people free of cost ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr.
“I have declared seven more districts and 159 upazilas as homeless and landless free,” she said while handing over the houses in the fourth phase of Ashrayan-2 project virtually from her official Ganabhaban residence here.
The prime minister said she has announced 159 upazilas including all the upazilas of seven districts– Madaripur, Gazipur, Narsingdi, Joypurhat, Rajshahi, Chapainawabganj and Chuadanga–, homeless and landless free.
She also said she had earlier announced 52 upazilas including all the upazilas of Panchagarh and Magura districts as homeless-landless free.
With today’s announcement, she said the total number of homeless-landless free districts stood at nine and upazilas at 211.
Sheikh Hasina said, “The greatest achievement of giving houses to the landless is to see smile on the faces of the distressed people”.
The Father of the Nation wanted to give the distressed people of Bangladesh an improved and dignified life by making the country poverty and hunger free for which her government is working tirelessly, she said.
The prime minister asked all concerned to prepare a list of the homeless and landless people to find out if anyone of any district remains out of getting houses.
She said she will give houses to everyone as her government’s target is to ensure housing for every landless and homeless people.dhngkfdvk