10,000 ultra-poor in Rajshahi to get jobs
Friday, 5 November 2010
Our Correspondent
RAJSHAHI, Nov 4: The government has taken up projects worth Tk 60 million to provide jobs for 10,000 ultra-poor people in Rajshahi district during October-December period. The works of the job will be executed through 234 projects.
The information was disclosed in an exchange of views meeting entitled "Progress of Work for the Ultra-poor People" arranged at the conference room of Deputy Commissioner, Rajshahi recently.
Presided over by Muhammad Dilwar Bakht, Deputy Commissioner of Rajshahi, Syed-Uz-Zaman, District Relief and Rehabilitation officer disclosed the information at the meeting.
According to the speakers in the meeting, ID cards were given to 9,843 persons who are participating the project. The money allocated for the total 234 projects is as follows: Tk 12.9 million for 34 projects at Godagari Upazila, Tk 7.28 million for 29 projects at Tanore Upazila, Tk 2.53 million for 13 projects at Paba Upazila, Tk 4.71 million for 21 projects at Mohonpur Upazila, Tk 15.6 million for 45 projects at Bagmara Upazila, Tk 5.92 million for 23 projects at Puthia Upazila, Tk 4.35 million for 26 projects at Durgapur, Tk 5.74 million for 21 projects at Charghat and Tk 5.38 million for 22 projects at Bagha Upazila.
Each worker will earn Tk 150 in a day from the project which will last 40 days totaling Tk 6,000 earning per person.
Total project cost in Rajshahi is Tk 65.68 million where Tk 59.06 million is allocated for worker wages and Tk 6.62 million is allocated for purchasing of materials.
The speakers also said, most of these ultra-poor people suffer from un-employment during a certain period of the year who mainly live at chars and Monga hit areas and at places where river erosion is a regular phenomenon.
In these areas people remained unemployed from October-December to March-April. They used to pass those five months in extreme need of food and other essentials. So, the project plans to employ this seasonal unemployed population in various development projects in Rajshahi.
Two other 100-day projects termed "Karmosrijon Kormosuchi" and "Hotodoridroder Jonno Kormosrijon Kormosuchi" were also put into action for poverty alleviation during last two fiscal years. The same project will also be implemented in the current fiscal year.
RAJSHAHI, Nov 4: The government has taken up projects worth Tk 60 million to provide jobs for 10,000 ultra-poor people in Rajshahi district during October-December period. The works of the job will be executed through 234 projects.
The information was disclosed in an exchange of views meeting entitled "Progress of Work for the Ultra-poor People" arranged at the conference room of Deputy Commissioner, Rajshahi recently.
Presided over by Muhammad Dilwar Bakht, Deputy Commissioner of Rajshahi, Syed-Uz-Zaman, District Relief and Rehabilitation officer disclosed the information at the meeting.
According to the speakers in the meeting, ID cards were given to 9,843 persons who are participating the project. The money allocated for the total 234 projects is as follows: Tk 12.9 million for 34 projects at Godagari Upazila, Tk 7.28 million for 29 projects at Tanore Upazila, Tk 2.53 million for 13 projects at Paba Upazila, Tk 4.71 million for 21 projects at Mohonpur Upazila, Tk 15.6 million for 45 projects at Bagmara Upazila, Tk 5.92 million for 23 projects at Puthia Upazila, Tk 4.35 million for 26 projects at Durgapur, Tk 5.74 million for 21 projects at Charghat and Tk 5.38 million for 22 projects at Bagha Upazila.
Each worker will earn Tk 150 in a day from the project which will last 40 days totaling Tk 6,000 earning per person.
Total project cost in Rajshahi is Tk 65.68 million where Tk 59.06 million is allocated for worker wages and Tk 6.62 million is allocated for purchasing of materials.
The speakers also said, most of these ultra-poor people suffer from un-employment during a certain period of the year who mainly live at chars and Monga hit areas and at places where river erosion is a regular phenomenon.
In these areas people remained unemployed from October-December to March-April. They used to pass those five months in extreme need of food and other essentials. So, the project plans to employ this seasonal unemployed population in various development projects in Rajshahi.
Two other 100-day projects termed "Karmosrijon Kormosuchi" and "Hotodoridroder Jonno Kormosrijon Kormosuchi" were also put into action for poverty alleviation during last two fiscal years. The same project will also be implemented in the current fiscal year.