Juri (Moulvibazar) Correspondent

Some 109 more landless and homeless families are getting ready houses in Barlekha upazila of Moulvibazar.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will officially inaugurate the programme of handing over household items to the beneficiary families on Wednesday.

The upazila administration has already completed all the preparations for the land deeds and house transfer of these houses.

It is learnt that the number of A-class landless and homeless families in Barlekha upazila is 435. A total of 246 homeless families in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd stages from the said list have already been given houses and land papers.

A total of 109 cookhouses including 24 of the 3rd phase and 85 constructed in the 4th phase of the project will be handed over to the beneficiary families on March 22. Out of this, 41 houses have been constructed in South Union, 24 in South Union, 21 in Sujanagar Union, 20 in Daserbazar Union and 3 in North Shahbazpur Union. The government has spent 2 lakh 84 thousand 500 taka on the construction of each house.

On Thursday Upazila Chairman Suyaib Ahmad, UNO (Acting) Jahangir Hossain, Upazila Project Implementation Officer Md. Ubayed Ullah Khan, Upazila Election Officer SM Sadiqur Rahman, Upazila Public Health Assistant Engineer Moin Uddin visited the houses constructed (ready for handover) of Asrayan-2 project in Dakshinbhag Dakshin Union and Sujanagar.

When we went to the surface, poor Cherag Ali and Nazim Uddin, the beneficiaries of the shelter project-2 in the helipad area of Sujanagar union of the upazila, said that their ancestors had no land and no house. He used to live a non-human life in different people's houses. Once he built a hut in the government place and lived with his wife and children. Due to illegal residence, he was in serious trouble due to eviction. Never dreamed of owning land and house. Hon'ble Prime Minister has fulfilled their dreams by building land and greenhouses. For this, the Prime Minister expressed special gratitude to Sheikh Hasina.

Upazila Nirbahi Officer (Acting) Jahangir Hossain said that under the Honorable Prime Minister's dream shelter-2 project, all preparations have been completed to provide houses to 109 poor, landless and homeless families of Barlekha 5 Union on March 22. On this day every beneficiary will get a two-room semi-furnished house with two percent land. Honorable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will officially inaugurate the gift house.

Upazila project implementation officer. Ubayed Ullah Khan said that Hon'ble Prime Minister Sheikh Hasnia will inaugurate 109 house transfer program next Wednesday. To that end, the overall supervision of the construction work is continuing. Already 100% construction work has been completed. Very nice houses now just waiting for handover.