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15000 housing plots for low income groups likely
Government is now formulating three separate longterm new master plans for Dhaka, Chittagong and Khulna metropolitan cities for an integrated massive development, planned and proper urbanisa tion, resolving the acute hous Ing problems, flood control and creating employment opportunities. reports BSS.
In an exclusive interview with BSS Tuesday Works Minister Raflqul Islam Mia said the democratically elected government of Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia had under taken formulation of a massive programme to build new 15000 residential plots for the low and middle Income people in the country to reduce the prevailing acute housing problem by 1993, apart from the
programmes now under Implementation.
The priority of the new iemocratic government is to reate more and more small lousing plots and flats for the ower and middle income earners instead of the policy of large plots for the affluent as pursued by the ousted autocrat Ershad regime, he said.
Mia, also Joint Secretary General of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), said a new master plan was now un derway for the Integrated and planned development of the capital Dhaka metropolitan city with the financial assistance from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and would take two years to complete the work.
Spelling out the various new
measures, steps and programmes undertaken by the Works Ministry.-he said Rajuk had already been implementing several new projects for resolving the housing problem tn the city tn a planned way. Nikunja residential area near Khllkhet with 398 plots. YusufgonJ residential area on the eastern side of the Zia International Airport with 16,000 plots and Panchabatl residential area of Narayangonj with 3,091 plots are now under progress, the Works Minister said.
Mia. a front ranking leader of the anti-autocracy movement. pointed out that there had been large scale Irregularities. misuse of government funds, corruption and nepo-tlsm in the Works Ministry and Its various departments and directorates during the rule of dictator Ershad But we have cleansed ft and restored discipline and accountability in every sphere of the ministry, he added.
The Works Minister said the present government had undertaken a programme for constructing 800 new residential flats tn Dhaka city for the employees to reduce their housing problem.
The government has also under taken a Taka 31 crore destitutes rehabilitation programme for constructing 3.444 plots to accommodate 3.444 destitute families at Daitapora. TongL he said.
The minister said that It had distributed 280 Industrial plots to the industrialists at Shyampur-Kadamtall and was now developing another 170 Industrial plots there to be distributed very soon. We have given 106 industrial plot lo the entrepreneur at Postagola. he added
Mia said that his ministry was now preparing programmes for constructing a number of important roads at different parts of the Dhaka metro-city tn order to Improve the city communications.
The minister said the Chittagong UnnAyan Katri pukka (CUK) had been formulating a massive master plan for an integrated and planned development of the port city.
The government Is also implementing a Taka 25 crore. 4,144 plot development programme at Kalballayadam In Chittagong for the lower and middle Income people, he added
The Works Ministry also submitted a project for undertaking a master plan for the development of the Khulna City Corporation, he said.
The Urban Development Directorate has initiated the urban and shelter sector review with the technical assistance from the Asian Development Bank.
He said that the government had also been tmple-
menting a Taka 27 crore programme for constructing 735 residential plots at Sylhct for the lower and middle income ’""rhe Works Minister said that the government had saved more than Taka 70 crore by curbing corruption and had earned more than Taka 30 crore by selling the recovered plots at competitive prices.