Govt to rehabilitate 57,000 more homless families

The government has targeted to rehabilitate 57,000 more landless and homeless families at the cost of Tk 515 crore by 2016, especially the people falling victim to natural disasters including cyclone, river erosion and flood.

"The Ashrayan project under the Prime Minister's Office is working to alleviate poverty of the landless and homeless families of the country by focusing on human resource development," M Zahirul Haque, project director of Ashrayan-2 Project to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), told the news agency yesterday.

He said the project was working directly on civil and human rights of the target population and intervening in order to improve their living conditions, education, health and earning opportunities.

The Ashrayan campaign already rehabilitated 1,32,000 landless and homeless families and provided training to many family members so that they can generate income, Haque said.

The project is to improve the standard of living ensuring basic education, healthcare and skill development on income generating activities of the landless, homeless, distressed and rootless people.

Earlier, the government has also extended the tenure of Ashrayan-2 Project till June 30, 2017, and increasing spending under it to Tk 2,204 crore, with a view to alleviating poverty by providing residential facilities and creating employment for the landless and marginalised people, the project details said.