None will remain homeless: PM reassures

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reiterated her pledge that none would remain homeless and landless in the country, saying she considered power as a way to serve the people.

“None will remain homeless, landless and without address in Bangladesh. We are working to implement that target,” she said.

She said this while virtually distributing 32,904 houses to the beneficiaries at 492 upazilas across the country in the third phase under the Ashrayan-2 Project.

The prime minister joined the handing over ceremony from her official Ganabhaban residence in Dhaka, BSS reports.

She said her government is committed to building a prosperous and developed Bangladesh and bringing smiles on the faces of everyone by giving them an improved and better life as envisioned by the Father of the Nation.

The prime minister said they have given land and houses to 32,409 people today under Ashrayan-2 Project, adding, “I’m giving those to them as Eid gift, I like most the smile on their faces whenever they receive their own home.”

She said all classes of under-privileged people such as Bede (river-gypsy), third gender, tea worker, leprosy patients, differently abled persons have been brought under the housing scheme.

Sheikh Hasina, the elder daughter of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, also said, “I know the soul of my father will get peace today when he sees that his people are smiling.”

The premier said a survey found that over 8 lakh homeless and landless people are in the country, adding her government is working to bring everyone under the housing scheme in phases as part of their “Mujib Borsho” pledge.