Govt postpones micro-credit recovery in 12 dists
Thursday, 6 December 2007
The realisation of micro-credit installments in 12 cyclone affected districts under the Department of Social Service of the Social Welfare Ministry has been postponed for four months (Dec'07 to Mar'08), according to an official handout issued in the city Wednesday, report BSS/UNB.
The districts are Barisal, Barguna, Pirojpur, Pautakhali, Jhalakathi, Bhola, Shariatpur, Madaripur, Gopalganj, Khulna, Bagerhat and Satkhira.
Meanwhile, the government has decided to exempt subscription fees for installing deep and shallow tubewells and Pond Sand Filters (PSFs) in the cyclone-hit areas.
The areas are Barguna, Patuakhali and Pirojpur districts and Morelganj and Sharankhola upazilas of Bagerhat district and Kathalia Upazila of Jhalakati district.
The Local Government Division has already directed the Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE) to allow sinking of deep and shallow tube-wells and other sources of drinking water in the current fiscal year in the affected areas without taking supplementary fees.
Normally, there is a government provision of paying Tk 3,000 for setting up each PSF while Tk 4,500 for each deep tubewell and Tk 1,500 for each shallow tubewell.
The government has allocated additional 568 tubewells for the affected areas after Cyclone Sidr hit the coastal region of the country on November 15. Of them, 205 tubewells have already been installed in the region.
Besides, 10 mobile water treatment plants are operating in the affected areas through DPHE to supply pure drinkingwater to the people who badly need water as the cyclone has contaminated all the water sources in the areas.
DPHE has also made waters of 133 ponds usable for household work in Patuakhali district while waters of 252 ponds in Gopalganj, Madaripur and Shariatpur districts.
The districts are Barisal, Barguna, Pirojpur, Pautakhali, Jhalakathi, Bhola, Shariatpur, Madaripur, Gopalganj, Khulna, Bagerhat and Satkhira.
Meanwhile, the government has decided to exempt subscription fees for installing deep and shallow tubewells and Pond Sand Filters (PSFs) in the cyclone-hit areas.
The areas are Barguna, Patuakhali and Pirojpur districts and Morelganj and Sharankhola upazilas of Bagerhat district and Kathalia Upazila of Jhalakati district.
The Local Government Division has already directed the Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE) to allow sinking of deep and shallow tube-wells and other sources of drinking water in the current fiscal year in the affected areas without taking supplementary fees.
Normally, there is a government provision of paying Tk 3,000 for setting up each PSF while Tk 4,500 for each deep tubewell and Tk 1,500 for each shallow tubewell.
The government has allocated additional 568 tubewells for the affected areas after Cyclone Sidr hit the coastal region of the country on November 15. Of them, 205 tubewells have already been installed in the region.
Besides, 10 mobile water treatment plants are operating in the affected areas through DPHE to supply pure drinkingwater to the people who badly need water as the cyclone has contaminated all the water sources in the areas.
DPHE has also made waters of 133 ponds usable for household work in Patuakhali district while waters of 252 ponds in Gopalganj, Madaripur and Shariatpur districts.