584 homeless families to get houses in Cumilla

Some 584 landless and homeless families will get new houses as gifts from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina under the third phase of the Ashrayan Project in Cumilla district.

Construction works of the houses have been completed which will be handed over to the beneficiary families by this month.

“Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will launch the distribution of the houses with land ownership documents and keys to the beneficiary families through a videoconference from her Ganabhaban residence on July 21, 2022,” Deputy Commissioner (DC) Mohammad Kamrul Hasan said. Each of the semi-pucca tin-shed houses was built at a cost of Tk 1.50 lakh.

All preparations have already been completed in this regard. The DC also informed that a total of 2,326 houses have already been distributed among the beneficiaries in three phases in the district.