Arafat holds meeting with land minister

State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat has held a meeting with Land Minister Narayan Chandra Chanda for quick resumption of the works of Bhashantek Rehabilitation Project (BRP) in the capital.

They held the meeting at the Land Minister's Office at the Secretariat on Thursday, read a press release.

The land minister assured the state minister for information of resuming the works of the BRP and gave necessary directives to the officials concerned.

On April 6 last, Mohammad Ali Arafat visited the Bhashantek area under his constituency and assured that none will be evicted without rehabilitation of the slum dwellers.

During the election he made a pledge to the slum dwellers that all of them would be brought under rehabilitation, the state minister said in the bilateral meeting.

"In continuation of that, I talked with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina over the rehabilitation of Bhashantek slum dwellers. The premier gave directives to quickly implement the BRP," he said.