No eviction without rehab of slum dwellers: Arafat

State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat on Saturday said none will be evicted without rehabilitation of slum dwellers, reports BSS.
He said this while inaugurating a water-pump adjacent to Bhashantek Jamia Islamia Arabia Madrasah Masjid after visiting Bhashantek BRP Project.
Later, the state minister distributed Eid gifts among slum dwellers, according to a press release.
Arafat said he made a pledge before the national elections about the BRP Project that all slum dwellers will be brought under rehabilitation programme.
In continuation of that, Arafat said, he talked with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina about the rehabilitation of Bhashantek slum dwellers and the premier gave directives to implement the BRP Project within quickest possible time.