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June
15, 2000
Laxmipur,
June 14 (UNB)- As part of government programme to provide shelter to
homeless people, 10,000 people of the district will be provided with
homes through 24 Asrayan projects.
Official
sources said work on 163 barrack houses on 371 acres of khas land is
progressing fast to rehabilitate 1,630 distressed, land less and river
erosion affected families.
Apart
from the housing facilities, the government will also construct
primary schools, community centers and bazars for the rehabilitated
people.
Besides,
to create self-employment opportunities the government will impart
training on poultry and dairy farming, cattle rearing, pisciculture
and tailoring to the inhabitants of the projects.
A
team of Bangladesh Army has been taking part in constructing these
barracks.
Local
people alleged that taking advantage of abject poverty and ignorance
of the labourers local project implementing authorities are depriving
them from their real wages. Having no alternative source of income the
poor labourers are forced to work with wages fixed by the local
authorities.
They
also alleged that large numbers of deserving families are being
deprived of the allotment of the barrack houses, as they could not pay
bribe to the concerned people.
They
further alleged that each family is to pay Tk 1000 to Tk 2000 to the
concerned authorities to have allotment. There are also allegations
against the project committees for misappropriation of the allotted
wheat.
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