Govt plans to improve life of stranded Biharis in Bangladesh: PM
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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said that her government plans to provide a better life for stranded Biharis in the country on humanatarian grounds although they had opted for Pakistani citizenship after Bangladesh’s indepenence.
“We want to see a human being as a human being. May be they didn’t want to live here, but where they will go now. Their next generations took birth in this country. We have to do something for them,” she said.
The PM said this while addressing an inauguration programme of road infrastructure and drainage system onstruction and development (phase-1) of newly created 18 wards of Dhaka North City Corporation, reports UNB.
The programme was held at Kanchkura High School field of 44 Ward under Dhaka North City Corporation while she joined it from her official residence Ganobhaban.
Talking about stranded Biharis the PM said that not only in Dhaka, Biharis are living in various areas of the country.
“They wanted to go to Pakistan and take Pakistani citizenship after the Independence. But Pakistan never accepted them,” she recalled.
In this connection, she said that many organisations collected huge amount of money for them. But their fate did not change at all.
“They are now living in Bangladesh with their children and grandchildren. They are living an inhumane life in the small spaces in Geneva Camps,” she said.
The prime minister mentioned that Biharis are very much hardworking and they are skilled in many crafts.
“For that I wanted to arrange a good accommodation for them and engage them in the jobs in which they gained their skill and manage their livelihoods,” she said.
She said that this can not be done in Dhaka, for that a convenient good place is needed where there are industries or scope of jobs for them.
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