1,360 Rajshahi poor families get brick-built houses

RAJSHAHI, Oct 23 (BSS): A total of 1,360 poor and distressed families have become happy after getting brick-built houses for the first time in their life in all eight districts under Rajshahi division.

Department of Disaster Management (DDM) has constructed the rural level houses at a total cost of around Tk 351.6 million under its Disaster Resilient House Building Project (DRHBP) under 2018-19 fiscal, said Jakir Hossain, Additional Commissioner of Rajshahi division.

“We will construct 1,662 more houses for the poor and extreme poor families in the division with an estimated cost of around Tk 498.4 million during the current 2019-20 financial year,” he added.

He mentioned that the DRHBP is being implemented as rural infrastructure reconstruction (cash for work/test relief) programme with financial support of Prime Minister’s Special Allocation.

District Relief and Rehabilitation Officer Aminul Haque said each of the houses consisting two bedrooms, one kitchen, one toilet and one corridor was built at a cost of around Tk 0.25 million with close supervision of the respective local house building committee.